Synonyms of the word

mum

• n. (Britain, Australia, New England, informal) Mother.
• n. (dated, colloquial) ma'am; a term of respect for an older woman.
• n. A chrysanthemum.
• adj. (colloquial) silent.
• adj. (colloquial) secret.
• interj. stop speaking! hush!
• v. to act in a pantomime or dumb show.
• n. (obsolete) silence.
• n. A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

chrysanthemum

• n. Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate…

incommunicative

• adj. Uncommunicative.

ma

• n. (astronomy, usually in the plural) Abbreviation of milli-arcsecond.
• n. (colloquial, and in direct address) mother, mama.
• abbr. May.

mama

• n. (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

mamma

• n. (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland…
• n. (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most…
• n. Alternative spelling of mama: mother.

mammy

• n. (childish) mamma; mother.
• n. (US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after…

mom

• n. (US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother, momma.
• n. (uncountable) The quality or state of being a mom; motherhood.

momma

• n. (US, colloquial) mother.
• n. (slang) voluptuous woman.
• n. (slang) wife or girlfriend.

mommy

• n. (US, Canada, usually childish) Mother.

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.

mummy

• n. (uncountable, medicine, now historical) A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
• n. (now rare) A pulp.
• n. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
• n. Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
• n. (obsolete, horticulture) A sort of wax used in grafting.
• n. (now rare) A brown pigment obtained from bitumen, also called mummy brown.
• n. Specifically, a reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.
• v. (dated, transitive) To mummify.
• n. (chiefly Britain, usually childish) mother.

secrecy

• n. Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
• n. The habit of keeping secrets.

secretiveness

• n. The state or characteristic of being secretive.

silence

• n. The lack of any sound.
• n. The act of refraining from speaking.
• n. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
• v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
• v. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
• v. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
• interj. A common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.

silent

• adj. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
• adj. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
• adj. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
• adj. (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
• adj. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
• adj. (technology) Without audio capability.
• adj. Hidden, unseen.
• adj. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
• adj. Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
• adj. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
• n. (uncountable) That which is silent; a time of silence.
• n. A silent movie.

uncommunicative

• adj. Tending not to communicate; not communicating.