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mum

/mʌm/noun, adjective1 syllable

Mum means: informal terms for a mother.

Synonyms for mum16

noun, as in informal terms for a mother

ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mummy, mumma

noun, as in of China

florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium

adjective, as in failing to speak or communicate etc. when expected to

silent, uncommunicative, incommunicative

What does mum mean?4

noun

1

informal terms for a mother

2

of China

3

secrecy“mum's the word”

adjective

1

failing to speak or communicate etc. when expected to“the witness remained silent”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mum?23

one syllable

fromsomecomedumbsumumdrumcumthumbgumbumscumrumhumummplumnumbyumslumchumcrumb

two syllables

becomesuccumb
Show 40 near rhymes
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Mum in a sentence

  • Mum, how do they get the holes in cheese?sundown
  • I know how much you love me, mum.Nuel
  • Mum, can you read me a bedtime story?sundown
  • Please buy me a turtle, mum, please buy me a turtle!deniko
  • Mum, the doggy's done a wee-wee on the sofa!sundown
  • Mum, could you read me a bedtime story?sundown
  • Who do you love more, your mum or your dad?sundown
  • Her relationship with her mum is difficult, but she worships her dad.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mum

as a noun

plural
mums