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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Since 1950, Kentucky has had 12 Democratic governors, compared to only five in Iowa.

— Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
The character had the same condition as Mitte, though more pronounced.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of had

Verb

Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of nursed

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The blast produced enough energy to flatten a significant stretch of the Siberian wilderness, marking an event that still serves as a cautionary tale — and a major point of reference — for modern planetary defense efforts.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
This stands in sharp contrast to their roles in the 1991 Gulf War coalition, the post-2014 campaign against ISIS, the maritime coalition against the Houthis in the Red Sea in 2023–24, and the diplomacy that produced the 2015 nuclear deal.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of produced

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Those albums treated homecoming as a means of rebirth and reclamation; creole culture moves on the same wavelength but is more coy about the references.

— Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Later, hundreds of protesters gathered outside New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in upper Manhattan where the man who was shot was being treated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of treated

Verb

Jane Doe deserved an administration that delivered a fair and proper judicial process.

— Jeannine Chiang, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Flanagan is the prolific horror writer-director who has tackled several Stephen King tales (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, Carrie) and delivered several limited series hits for Netflix (Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher).

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of delivered

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The Wolfpack went 2-7 in the regular season against a brutal schedule, but Reid Hites healed and returned to lead them on a three-game winning streak and Prep Bowl victory over Morgan Park.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Snell is looking to make sure he is healed up for the postseason.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026