mama: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with M · ends with A
Meaning of mama
noun
- Canada, US, childish, often
Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
Example: I love the cookies which mama bakes me every week.
- Canada, US, childish, figuratively, often
Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). Synonym of mother (“an origin, a source”).
A lesbian partner.
- Caribbean, informal
Used as a (respectful) term of address for a woman, especially an older one.
Listed forms: mamas, mamma, momma, mumma.
Source: Wiktionary — mama.
intj
- Caribbean, US
Often preceded by oh: used to express approval, joy, surprise, etc.
Source: Wiktionary — mama.
verb
- informal, transitive, uncommon
Synonym of mother (“to treat (someone) as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture”).
- informal, intransitive, uncommon
To call out "mama".
- informal, obsolete, rare, transitive, uncommon
To call (someone) "mama" (noun sense).
Listed forms: mamas, mamaing, mamaed.
Source: Wiktionary — mama.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for mama.
noun
informal terms for a mother
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mama in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mama
M(3) + A(1) + M(3) + A(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of mama
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from mama
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mama. Showing up to 24, longest first.