mothers
Dads' parenting partners
Mothers is the plural of mother—women who have borne or raised children.
The word often appears in compound phrases: mothers and fathers, single mothers, working mothers.
To mother someone is to care for them protectively, sometimes excessively: Stop mothering me, I can handle it.
Mother can also be a verb meaning to give birth to or originate: She mothered three children.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Female parent, informal
- mamaInformal word for mother
- parentMother or father
- childrenYoung human beings
- grandmotherMother of a parent
daughter · nurturing · caregiver · family · offspring · siblings · home · lineage
Showing kind concern
- protectiveServing to guard
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- unconditionalWithout limits or qualifications
- devotedLoyally and lovingly attached
sacrificing · comforting · encouraging · loving · attentive · tender · nourishing · guidance
Coming into the world
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- conceptionFormation of an idea
womb · breastfeeding · nursing · postpartum · fertility · gestation · prenatal · delivery
Starting point or source
- sourcePoint of origin
- founderOne who begins something
- creatorOne who produces something
- inventorCreator of original devices
pioneer · necessity · motherland · alma mater · progenitor · genesis · root · birthplace
mom
Female parent, informal
grandmother · daughter · nurturing · caregiver · family · offspring · siblings · home · lineage · ancestry
caring
Showing kind concern
- protectiveServing to guard
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- unconditionalWithout limits or qualifications
devoted · sacrificing · comforting · encouraging · loving · attentive · tender · nourishing · guidance · affection
birth
Coming into the world
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
conception · womb · breastfeeding · nursing · postpartum · fertility · gestation · prenatal · delivery · midwife
origin
Starting point or source
inventor · pioneer · necessity · motherland · alma mater · progenitor · genesis · root · birthplace · wellspring
fertility goddess
Deity presiding over reproduction
Virgin Mary · reverence · veneration · ancestral · shrine · blessing · ritual · tradition · honor · respect
- family termsparents, nuclear family, extended family, fathers, single parent
- womenwomen, females, gals, daughters, girls
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- mothers
- portrait subjectsself, self-portraits, families, children, infants
- 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, motherly, motherhood, mothering, stepmother, mothered, mother's, motherless, motherliness