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Ma

A child's word for mother.

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Broader term 1

Mother 76% connected

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Containing whole 2

A 70% connected

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Ampere 70% connected

Alt. of Ampere

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Synonym 7

Am 92% connected

The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mama 92% connected

See Mamma.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mamma 92% connected

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mammy 92% connected

A child's name for mamma, mother.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Milliampere 92% connected

The thousandth part of one ampere.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mum 92% connected

Silent; not speaking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mummy 92% connected

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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