'Motherless' definitions:
Definition of 'motherless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having no living or known mother
Definition of 'Motherless'
From: GCIDE
- Motherless \Moth"er*less\, a. [AS. m[=o]dorle['a]s.] Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'motherless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- aidless,
- bereaved,
- bereft,
- defenseless,
- deprived,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- fatherless,
- forlorn,
- forsaken,
- friendless,
- godforsaken,
- guideless,
- helpless,
- homeless,
- kithless,
- leaderless,
- orphan,
- orphaned,
- outcast,
- parentless,
- pregnable,
- unfriended,
- unprotected,
- untenable,
- vulnerable,
- widowed