Mum

Noun

 * 1)  Mother.

Synonyms
See WikiSaurus:mother

Noun

 * 1) A chrysanthemum.

Adjective

 * 1)  silent.
 * 2)  secret.

Derived terms

 * keep mum
 * mum's the word

Interjection

 * 1) stop speaking!

Verb

 * 1) to act in a pantomime or dumb show

Adverbs for Mum
discreetly; prudently; wisely; carefully; decently; reliably; securely; sagely; sagaciously; taciturnly; laconically; reticently; quietly; calmly; resolutely; determinedly; uncommunicatively; cautiously; warily; loyally; judiciously; considerately; courteously; shrewdly; judiciously; sensibly; discerningly; remarkably; deliberately; significantly.

Thesaurus
anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, breathless, brief, brusque, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, economical of words, inarticulate, indisposed to talk, laconic, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, mom, mommy, mummy, mute, old woman, quiet, short, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, stricken dumb, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tongueless, unloquacious, untalkative, voiceless, word-bound, wordless

Alternative forms

 * mam
 * mom, Mom
 * Mum

Etymology 1
Alternative form of mam:, or an abbreviation of mummy:. Compare mom:, mama:.

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of chrysanthemum:.

Noun

 * Arabic: ماما,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: amatxo
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Min Nan:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, äippä, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: დედა
 * German:, ,  Mami
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, माताजी, अम्मी, अम्माँ
 * Hungarian:, ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam:,  ഉമ്മ
 * Persian:, مامان
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,  матушка
 * Scottish Gaelic: mamaidh, màmag
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: คุณแม่,
 * Tz'utujil: tee’
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: امى, اماں
 * Vietnamese:, uây khyếm mẹ
 * Volapük: motül

Anagrams

 * MMU
 * umm

Noun

 * 1) candle

Etymology
From موم:.