mother

mother: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ lone, single, unmarried, unwed

▪ She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother.

▪ married

▪ widowed

▪ divorced

▪ lesbian

▪ biological, birth, natural, real

▪ surrogate

▪ adoptive, custodial (AmE), foster

▪ adolescent, teen (esp. AmE), teenage, young

▪ ageing/aging, elderly, old

▪ ailing, sick

▪ He has cared for his sick mother for years.

▪ dead, deceased, late

▪ dying

▪ caring, devoted, excellent, good, loving, wonderful

▪ proud

▪ the proud mother of the bride

▪ doting, overprotective

▪ stern

▪ domineering, overbearing

▪ abusive

▪ bad, unfit

▪ The court decided she was an unfit mother.

▪ anxious (esp. BrE), distraught, frantic, worried

▪ Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.

▪ grieving

▪ expectant, pregnant

▪ first-time

▪ new

▪ full-time, stay-at-home

▪ working

▪ welfare (AmE)

▪ low-income

▪ breastfeeding, nursing

▪ beloved, dear

▪ his beloved mother

VERB + MOTHER

▪ resemble, take after

▪ The boys were like their father, but Louise took after her mother.

▪ inherit sth from

▪ She inherited the urge to travel from her mother.

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Synonyms:

Female parent, Native, natural / Dam (applied to a beast), Originating / Generatrix, origin, spring, source / Chief, head

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