MOTHERS Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of mothers next

plural of mother

as in moms

a female human parent he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mother

as in has

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

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as in nurses

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

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Recent Examples of mothers

Noun

In South Korea, parental leave is mostly taken by mothers. —

Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026 The hospital has the largest labor and delivery department in Austin, with more than 10,000 babies born last year, and treats mothers at the highest risk for pregnancy complications, including premature birth. —

Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026 This can manifest itself in various ways, but one of the most frequent outcomes is vaccine hesitancy, according to a 2023 study from the University of Maine, which interviewed anti-vaccine mothers. —

Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026 Many mothers in the Twin Cities marched the streets in the wake of the murders and terrifying kidnappings by ICE, and many mothers organized in other ways, moving food and money to food shelves, families sheltering-in-place, and rent relief funds. —

Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026 In November, at one of Maalimisaq's last Motherhood Circle gatherings, Somali mothers and grandmothers volleyed questions at facilitators. —

CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026 Often, mothers in neonaticide cases conceal their pregnancies from those around them and give birth in secret, then dispose of the body after the baby is born. —

Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 Koren and his team kept publishing on codeine, repeating their warning that the drug, if taken by new mothers, could pass through breast milk at levels that might kill infants. —

Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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Because right now, with child care problems causing one in four parents, often mothers, to cut back working hours and one in six to leave entirely, Miami-Dade parents and businesses alike are feeling the pain. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026

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Noun

And then came the moms who proved how outdated the thinking was.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Fellow moms, Amal Clooney, Teyana Taylor, and Kate Hudson are also fans of the filter-like finish, which is available on Amazon.

— Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026