mater

Noun

Meaning

See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

martin mamma mama mammy joiner college mommy school mother mam momma parent dam mate grandmother

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Antonyms

man father dad sire old man father figure

Hypernyms

mother female parent

Phrases with the word

alma mater terra mater

Anagrams

armet tamer terma trema Marte METAR metra ramet

Examples

My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. David Mamet

In the mater of education as in all other matters the Communist Party is not merely faced by constructive tasks. In the educational system bequeathed to it by capitalist society, it must hasten to destroy everything which has made of the school an instrument of capitalist rule. Nikolai Bukharin

Yes, when I was here the first word of the alma mater was 'Men...Men of Dartmouth, give a rouse...' Well, now the first word is 'Dear.' Some things change for the better. Fred Rogers

The Internet will save higher education, but it may kill your alma mater. John Katzman

Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with. Saoirse Ronan

Mater artium necessitas. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Mateo mateology mateotechny mater dolorosa mater lectionis Mater Turrita