MOTHERS Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

mothers 1 of 2

noun

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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mothers

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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

Between 2025 and 2026, its Support for Moms Fund committed $2 million to 10 organizations providing income and resources to mothers and caregivers. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 Unlikely influencers, from foodies to mothers to retirees, are weighing in on Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on the assets of the state’s roughly 200 billionaires and on other ballot measures created to cancel it. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Soon the fathers, mothers and grandparents cheering girls’ soccer teams will exchange their uncomfortable folding chairs for the hard bleacher seats of indoor soccer or basketball. — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Owners Benjamin Sormonte, from the south of France, and Elisa Marshall, from Toronto, started the cafe as a nod to their mothers and early childhood experiences in the kitchen. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026 New or expecting mothers are more likely to be murdered than to die from obstetric causes. — Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 My mother bore the brunt of my compulsion, as mothers often do. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Even before the Clancy trial began, the forensic psychiatrist Susan Hatters-Friedman pointed out to me how quickly the discourse around the case had turned to postpartum psychosis, a rare disorder that affects about one in a thousand new mothers. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Branche says more women, including herself, are building careers and stable lives before becoming mothers. — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Verb

Saturday Night Live host Matt Damon was cast as the adoring husband in Mom, an entirely inoffensive movie where nothing bad happens—something that mothers everywhere will enjoy. — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026 Some parents − overwhelmingly mothers − are stepping back from full-time work or leaving the workforce altogether to accommodate the needs of their family. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Barrington Elementary For more than a decade, Claudia Lopez joined other Barrington Elementary School mothers to cook a meal of turkey, potato salad, mashed potatoes, cornbread and chocoflan for Thanksgiving. — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mothers

Noun

Svetlana had a fascination with American single moms, Marysia told me.

— Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Now, there’s another generation of the family — including 13 grandchildren — and many of them look like their moms, too.

— Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of moms

Verb

The highest room category at the hotel is a 1,109-square-feet spa suite that has its own private whirlpool and treatment room, with a 25-minute massage included in the room rate.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Those who checked Truth Social after CNN projected that the Democratic party would capture the House of Representatives were also set up for disappointment, as the president has yet to comment on those results as well.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of has

Verb

At the family estate, Sybylla, who nurses inchoate hopes of becoming a writer, is to be remade into a suitable wife.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of nurses

Verb

Lighter and more powerful engine Northstar produces 715,000 pounds-force of thrust, compared with 640,000 pounds-force from the BE-4.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Glass Entertainment produces the series for ABC News Studios, with executive producers including Jon Hirsch and Nancy Glass for Glass Entertainment; David Sloan; and Muriel Pearson for ABC News Studios.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of produces

Verb

GuangYu utilized extensive in-house manufacturing capabilities to wrap the chassis in lightweight carbon-fiber panels to create a vehicle that delivers a staggering 370 hp per metric ton.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
Blue Origin has developed a new rocket engine that delivers more thrust with significantly less hardware.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of delivers

Verb

Both sides of the island are necessary and complementary, just like the proverbial oyster grit that births the pearl.

— Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Although healthy individuals may only suffer short-term symptoms, a listeria infection can cause miscarriages and still births among pregnant women.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 June 2026