Motherlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
Adjective
  1. 1
    suggestive of or acting like a mother wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ancestralfatherlymaternalmothermotherishmotherish

Etymology

From mother + -like.

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