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Mammy

A child's name for mamma, mother.

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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.

Nanny 76% connected

A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nurse 76% connected

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nursemaid 76% connected

A girl employed to attend children.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Ma 92% connected

A child's word for 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.

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.

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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