Synonyms of mothering

mothering 1 of 2

noun

as in motherhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• motherhood
• maternity
• fatherhood
• paternity
• caregiving
• fathering
• parenting
• rearing
• caretaking
• upbringing
• parenthood
• raising

mothering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of mother

1

as in having

to bring forth from the womb

I hope to mother at least one child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having
• producing
• delivering
• birthing
• giving birth to
• bearing
• breeding
• fathering
• laboring
• reproducing
• dropping
• spawning
• getting
• generating
• propagating
• multiplying
• siring
• begetting
• whelping
• calving
• kindling
• kidding
• pupping
• littering
• kittening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• aborting
• miscarrying

2

as in nursing

to attend to the needs and comforts of

mothered the patients with chicken soup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nursing
• healing
• treating
• administering (to)
• ministering (to)
• looking after
• looking out for
• supporting
• waiting upon
• looking to
• doing for
• waiting on
• seeing to
• taking care of
• caring (for)
• aiding
• curing
• preserving
• remedying
• conserving
• spoiling
• providing (for)
• pampering
• doctoring
• babying
• coddling
• catering (to)
• indulging
• mollycoddling
• humoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• forgetting
• overlooking
• brushing (aside or off)
• slighting