Definitions:

1. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation noun
   • necessity is the mother of invention
2. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) noun
   • the mother of three children

Synonyms:

• female parent
• fuss
• get

NearBy Words:

• mother-in-law
• mother-naked
• mother-of-pearl
• mother-of-thousands
• motherese
• motherfucker
• motherhood
• motherland
• motherless
• motherlike
• motherliness
• motherly
• motherwell
• motherwort