MOTHERED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

mothered

verb

past tense of mother

as in had

to bring forth from the womb I hope to mother at least one child

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as in nursed

to attend to the needs and comforts of mothered the patients with chicken soup

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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

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OpenAI last week made national headlines by announcing a $20 billion data center complex near Savannah that already had its local approvals in order, leaving few barriers for the tech giant to clear.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
The bathroom had two large sinks, a waterfall shower, and a delightful soaking tub that offered unobstructed views straight to the water.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

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The influx of moisture and that storm system’s stalling front have already produced bands of rain in eastern Tennessee, southern Virginia and northern North Carolina.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
The Odyssey are being produced by Insight Editions for late summer and fall releases.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of produced

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In an email sent to hospital technology officials, McCrary wrote that Konza would provide CPSC with records when a patient is treated in the ER for any of more than 10,000 conditions.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
The leftover brine is treated with the bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BPMED) process that uses electricity and specialized membranes to split the ultra-salty solution into acidic and alkaline streams.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026

Definition of treated

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Still, Sampert at the InterContinental isn’t convinced the World Cup fully delivered.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
No investment banks upgraded or downgraded Tesla after the latest results, which delivered a revenue beat but an earnings miss as free cash flow turned negative and gross margins narrowed.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Definition of delivered

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Rainwater, or the water of life, as it was known in Russia, healed all wounds, made lost limbs grow back, turned the old young again, and raised the dead up from the grave.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy has fully healed after being shot in the leg in May and could return for Week 1 of the regular season.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 July 2026