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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mothered

Verb

The bag had fake human monies inside as JD McDonagh tossed it aside.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Because Hostin had no criminal history and cooperated with officers, police said he was issued a summons for trespass and released.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of had

Verb

Utah politicians felt very slighted and upset by the designation and nursed that grudge along for 20 years.

— Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
More important, Tubbs detected in Ferguson someone who, under the feral exterior, shared his affection for hard work and heterodox thinking and quietly nursed a desire to become part of something larger than himself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of nursed

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In addition to Bridges, artists Lydia Kitto and J Lloyd produced the album.

— Brayden Garcia July 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
This story was produced with financial support from supporters including The Green Family Foundation Trust and Ken O’Keefe, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of produced

Verb

At a hospital in Sokoto, records shared with AP show nearly 40 children previously treated for malnutrition since February are currently under treatment again, in addition to those not documented.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
When the musician was first diagnosed, it was believed her condition would be easily treated with radiation, but complications required her to undergo multiple surgeries.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026

Definition of treated

Verb

American viewers are used to seeing their football coverage delivered by Brits and/or other Europeans.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Grid Dynamics says the platform has delivered measurable gains, including inspection cycles up to 1,000 times faster and anomaly detection 24 times quicker in industrial deployments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Definition of delivered

Verb

Gus also displayed a number of injuries, including fractured and healed bones in several ribs and gastralia, as well as bite marks to several skull bones.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 July 2026
The training kept his arm strong throughout his rehab with a plan that varied his throwing in a walking boot, after the bone had healed.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026