mums

Meaning of mums

plural noun
  1. one's mother.
    she often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby
    Jane worried all the way home about telling Mum

mid 17th century: abbreviation of mummy2. Compare with mom.

plural noun

a cultivated chrysanthemum.

late 19th century: abbreviation.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. act in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play.
    after they had masked and mummed, away they went

late Middle English: compare with mum2 and Middle Low German mummen .

Information about mums

  • The singular form of mums is: mum.
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Hyphenation of mums

mums

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • mums is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

mums synonyms

Meaning a woman in relation to her child or children:

mother

Meaning a woman who is the wife or partner of one's father after the divorce or separation of one's parents or the death of one's mother:

stepmother

Meaning one's mother (especially as a child's term):

mama

Meaning variant spelling of mama:

mamma

Meaning one's mother:

ma, mumsy, mam, mom

Meaning a child's word for their mother:

mammy

Meaning (especially in ancient Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages:

mummy

Meaning one's mother (chiefly as a child's term):

mommy

Meaning mother:

mater

Meaning a mother (often used as a respectful form of address for a woman):

Mata

Meaning one's mother (often used as a familiar form of address):

amma

Meaning a female progenitor:

progenitress

Words that rhyme with mums

cardamums, xylobalsamums, chrysanthemums, mesembrianthemums, mesembryanthemums, xeranthemums, infimums, maximums, minimums, optimums, simillimums, subminimums, suboptimums, hummums, amomums, lithospermums, menispermums

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