Synonyms of the word

mother

• n. A (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d)…
• n. A female parent of an animal.
• n. (figuratively) A female ancestor.
• n. (figuratively) A source or origin.
• n. (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
• n. (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
• n. (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
• n. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
• n. The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
• n. (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
• v. (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
• n. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
• n. A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops…
• v. (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns…
• v. (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
• n. (euphemistic, vulgar, slang) Motherfucker.
• n. (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
• n. Alternative form of moth-er.

abbess

• n. A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns…
• n. (archaic, British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.

barm

• n. (obsolete except in dialects) Bosom, lap.
• n. Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and…
• n. A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.

beget

• v. To cause; to produce.
• v. To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
• v. (Britain dialectal) To happen to; befall.

care

• n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
• n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
• n. Worry.
• n. Maintenance, upkeep.
• n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
• n. The state of being cared for by others.
• n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
• v. (intransitive) To look after.
• v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
• v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.

create

• v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
• v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
• v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
• v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
• v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
• adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.

engender

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
• v. (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
• v. (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
• v. (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex.
• v. (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

father

• n. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
• n. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
• n. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
• n. A term of respectful address for a priest.
• n. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
• n. The founder of a discipline or science.
• n. A senator of Ancient Rome.
• v. To be a father to; to sire.
• v. (figuratively) To give rise to.
• v. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
• v. To provide with a father.
• v. To adopt as one's own.

fuss

• n. (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
• n. A complaint or noise; a scene.
• n. An exhibition of affection or admiration.
• v. (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
• v. (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry about something.
• v. (intransitive, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
• v. (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
• v. (transitive) To pet.

generate

• v. (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
• v. (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
• v. (transitive) To procreate, beget.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.

get

• v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To receive.
• v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
• v. (copulative) To become.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
• v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
• v. (transitive) To cause to do.
• v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
• v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
• v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
• v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
• v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
• v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
• v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
• v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
• v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
• v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
• v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
• v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
• v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
• v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
• v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
• v. (transitive) To getter.
• v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
• v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
• v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
• v. (euphemistic) To kill.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• n. Offspring.
• n. Lineage.
• n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
• n. Something gained.
• n. (Britain, regional) A git.
• n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

inspiration

• n. (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the…
• n. (countable) A breath, a single inhalation.
• n. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified…
• n. The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
• n. A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions…
• n. A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.

make

• v. (transitive, heading) To create.
• v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
• v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
• v. To constitute.
• v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
• v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
• v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
• v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
• v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
• v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
• v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
• v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
• v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
• v. To appoint; to name.
• v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
• v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
• v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
• v. To enact; to establish.
• v. To develop into; to prove to be.
• v. To form or formulate in the mind.
• v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
• v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
• v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
• v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
• n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
• n. How a thing is made; construction.
• n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
• n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
• n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
• n. A person's character or disposition.
• n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
• n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
• n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
• n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
• n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
• n. (slang, military) A promotion.
• n. A home-made project.
• n. (basketball) A made basket.
• n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

overprotect

• v. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle.

parent

• n. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
• n. A surrogate mother.
• n. A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
• n. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
• n. (obsolete) A relative.
• n. The source or origin of something.
• n. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
• n. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
• n. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
• v. To act as parent, to raise or rear.

prioress

• n. A nun in charge of a priory; an abbess or mother superior.

sire

• n. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders…
• n. A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
• n. (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
• n. (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
• v. (transitive, of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate.

yeast

• n. An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread,…
• n. A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
• n. (figuratively) A frothy foam.
• v. To ferment.
• v. (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
• v. (African American Vernacular, slang) To exaggerate.