motherly
Like a caregiver
Motherly describes qualities associated with a good mother—nurturing, protective, warm, and caring.
A motherly person shows gentle concern for others' wellbeing: She gave him a motherly hug.
The word applies regardless of whether someone is actually a mother: The motherly nurse checked on her patients throughout the night.
Feeling deep affection
- affectionateShowing warm regard
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- tenderSoft or sore
- gentleSoft and kind
kindhearted · compassionate · soft · empathetic · understanding · sympathetic · heartfelt · doting
Supportive care-giving
- caringShowing kind concern
- nourishingPromoting health through food
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
- tenderSoft or sore
gentle · soothing · comforting · supportive · encouraging · attentive · devoted · selfless
Serving to guard
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
safeguarding · sheltering · defending · fierce · hovering · smothering · overbearing · worried
Christ's mother, or pop icon
- DemeterGreek agricultural deity
- homemakerOne who manages a household
- domesticOf the home
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
ancestral · generational · unconditional · sacrificial · primal · intuitive · innate · instinctual
Leading toward destination
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
instructing · wise · experienced · knowing · correcting · scolding · disciplining · shaping
loving
Feeling deep affection
- affectionateShowing warm regard
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- tenderSoft or sore
gentle · kindhearted · compassionate · soft · empathetic · understanding · sympathetic · heartfelt · doting · adoring
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- caringShowing kind concern
- nourishingPromoting health through food
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
tender · gentle · soothing · comforting · supportive · encouraging · attentive · devoted · selfless · patient
protective
Serving to guard
watchful · safeguarding · sheltering · defending · fierce · hovering · smothering · overbearing · worried · anxious
Madonna
Christ's mother, or pop icon
traditional · ancestral · generational · unconditional · sacrificial · primal · intuitive · innate · instinctual · bonding
guiding
Leading toward destination
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- teachingProfession of instructing others
counseling · instructing · wise · experienced · knowing · correcting · scolding · disciplining · shaping · molding
- motherhoodmom, mama, mum, mommy, mama bear
- kind traitskind, caring, compassionate, nurturing, tender
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- feminine traitsfeminine, womanly, ladylike, girlish, demure
- Cancer zodiaccrab, water sign, cardinal sign
- gender traitsmasculine, feminine, male, female, manly
motherlyfatherly
Like a male parent
paternal · fatherlike · patriarchal · avuncular · parental
- Mother's DayDay celebrating motherhood
- single motherWoman raising children alone
- Mother RussiaPersonified Russian nation
- your motherOne's female parent
- mother's love
- mother henOverprotective caretaker type
mother, motherhood, mothers, mothering, mothered, motherless, motherliness