Synonyms of mothered

mothered

verb

past tense of mother

1

as in had

to bring forth from the womb

I hope to mother at least one child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• had
• produced
• delivered
• birthed
• bore
• gave birth to
• fathered
• dropped
• bred
• spawned
• got
• labored
• sired
• generated
• reproduced
• propagated
• multiplied
• begot
• kidded
• kindled
• calved
• littered
• whelped
• pupped
• kittened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• aborted
• miscarried

2

as in nursed

to attend to the needs and comforts of

mothered the patients with chicken soup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nursed
• treated
• healed
• administered (to)
• ministered (to)
• looked after
• saw to
• supported
• looked to
• waited on
• did for
• aided
• looked out for
• cared (for)
• cured
• took care of
• preserved
• coddled
• provided (for)
• pampered
• remedied
• spoiled
• babied
• conserved
• doctored
• humored
• indulged
• catered (to)
• mollycoddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• forgot
• overlooked
• slighted
• brushed (aside or off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mothered

The new cub's arrival marks the first time Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has had a lion birth since July 2020, when lioness Abana mothered three cubs. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026

My mother lost her own mother at 14 and was never fully mothered back to wholeness. — Eli Raphael, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026

Perhaps pasta or pizza with cheese is so comforting because we’re literally being mothered by flowering plants and bovines? — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

One way to combat that, as a gardener, is to start plants by seed instead of buying plants that someone else has started, watered and mothered for months. — Henry Homeyer, The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026

During the foster season, officials move captive pups into existing litters where they can be mothered by wild wolves. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026