mother: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with M · ends with R
Meaning of mother
noun
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
Example: I am visiting my mother any moment.
A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
Example: Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.
A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- figuratively
A female ancestor.
Listed forms: mothers, mither.
Source: Wiktionary — mother.
verb
- transitive
To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- transitive
To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- transitive
To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
Example: mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine
- intransitive
To develop mother.
Listed forms: mothers, mothering, mothered.
Source: Wiktionary — mother.
noun
- euphemistic, mildly, slang, vulgar
Motherfucker.
- colloquial, euphemistic
A striking example. (Appears as "mother of a(n) __".)
Listed forms: mothers, mutha.
Source: Wiktionary — mother.
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 mother.
noun
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- female parent
verb
care for like a mother
verb
make (offspring) by reproduction
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is mother in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of mother
M(3) + O(1) + T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of mother
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from mother
61 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in mother. Showing up to 24, longest first.