mom
UK/mɒm//mɑm/
mom noun: mother.
Noun (1)
mom (plural moms)
- Mother.
- To find out what moms really want this year, we turned to the best source possible: our own mothers.2025 May 1, Carolina Gazal, “We asked our moms what they want for Mother’s Day. Here’s what they said”, in CNN
- At a very early age, Knowles says she was taught not to draw any attention to herself. “Pretty is as pretty does,” her mom used to say.2025 May 11, Sara Sidner, “Beyoncé’s mom talks about the choices she made while raising her daughters”, in CNN
- used as a term of address for one's wife
- (spoken by the father) I don't share it with mom! Right, mom?2017, Allstate: All Alone
- An adult female owner of a pet.
Verb
mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming, simple past and past participle mommed)
- To care for in a motherly way.
- The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.2019, Marie Johnston, Finish Line
- He tried to tell me how to live, to mom me, I told him fuck off, […]2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: MOM
MOM (uncountable)
- Initialism of message-oriented middleware, hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.
- Initialism of motive, opportunity, means (“factors to consider in investigating a crime”).
- Alternative form of MoM.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mom
Mom
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mom
Mom (plural Moms)
- A surname from Khmer.
Noun (3) capitalized: Mom
Mom
Adjective capitalized: MoM
MoM (not comparable)
Noun (4) capitalized: MoM
MoM
- Initialism of middle of the market.
mom meaning in Telugu
mom in Telugu
- అమ్మకి
Examples of mom in a sentence
- As mom gave us a long look, I gave a sigh and my sister gave a laugh.
- At your age, your mom and I'd already found a job.
- So ridiculously did I do in the exam that mom grounded me for a month.
Synonyms of mom
Antonyms
Forms of mom
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | moms |
| alternative form | mam |
| alternative form | Mom |
| alternative Australia Ireland UK | mum |
| alternative Australia Ireland UK | Mum |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | moms |
| present participle | momming |
| past participle | mommed |
| past | mommed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Moms |
Origin of mom
Clipping of momma.
Proprialisation of mom.
Transliteration of Khmer មុំ (mum, “corner, angle”).
Words formed from mom
- 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
Phrases with mom
Words that rhyme with mom
Questions about mom
- What does mom mean?
- Mom means mother.
- What is mom in Telugu?
- Mom in Telugu is అమ్మకి. See Mom meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is mom?
- Mom can be a noun, a verb, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce mom?
- Mom is pronounced /mɒm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mom?
- The plural of mom is moms.
Words near mom in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mom (page history and authors); MOM (page history and authors); Mom (page history and authors); MoM (page history and authors); mom (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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