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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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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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

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

Verb

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