Synonyms for mother

noun

1. A female parent

   parent, ancestress, matriarch, mamma, dam, materfamilias, mater, mama*, mammy*, motherkin*, mum*, mummy*, ma*, mom*, mommy*, muzzer*, maw*; see also parent, relative.

2. A matron

   superintendent, mother superior, housemother; see administrator.

3. The source

   fountainhead, font, beginning; see origin 2.