English Explanatory Dictionary

mom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Mother.
  2. used as a term of address for one's wife
  3. An adult female owner of a pet.
verb
  1. To care for in a motherly way.
name
  1. One’s mother.
name
  1. A surname from Khmer.
noun
  1. prefix of a female commoner who marries a royal prince.
adj
  1. Initialism of month-over-month/month-on-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.
noun
  1. Initialism of middle of the market.
noun
  1. Initialism of message-oriented middleware, hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.
  2. Initialism of motive, opportunity, means (“factors to consider in investigating a crime”).
  3. Alternative form of MoM.

Pronunciation

/mɒm/ mŏm /mɑm/ [mɑ̃m] /mʌm/ en-us-mom.ogg

Word forms

mom moms mam mum momming mommed

Etymology

Clipping of momma.

Synonyms

Mam Mommy Mother Mummy Mum

Antonyms

Dad

Related words

Mother’s Day QoQ YoY

Derived words

almond mom angel mom autism mom ballet mom biomom birdmom bonus mom cannamom crunchy mom deadbeat mom grandmom granola mom helicopter mom hockey mom insta-mom Instamom listmom momager mom and apple pie mom and pop mom-and-pop mom and them momarazzi mombie mom blogger mom bod mom cave momhood momic mom-in-law momism mom jeans momless momlike momly mommish mommy momnesia momness momoir mompetition mompreneur momsplain momsy mom test momtini momtrepreneur momzilla Octomom refrigerator mom scrunchy mom security mom silky mom soccer mom stage mom stepmom supermom tiger mom Twimom waitress mom
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