motherhood, n. maternity, motherliness, maternalness, parenthood.
motherly, adj. maternal, parental; nurturing, protective, shielding, sheltering; solicitous, considerate, caring, interested; affectionate, fond, loving, devoted; gentle, tender, kind.
mother wit, n. 1. native intelligence, brains, SI. smarts, Inf. gray matter, Fr. mature grise, intellect; power, ability, capacity, capability, aptitude, potential, talent, genius; cleverness, resourcefulness, inventiveness, ingenuity, skillfulness, skill, knack.
2. common sense, Inf. horse sense, good or plain sense, practicality, practicalness, sound judgment; wisdom, worldly wisdom, Inf. the voice of experience; prudence, discernment, foresight, longheadedness, shrewdness; intuition, feel, gut feeling, understanding; presence or coolness of mind, level-headedness, reasonableness, perspective, balance, ballast; composure, calmness, sang-froid.
motif, n. (all recurrent) leitmotif, theme, subject, idea, notion, concept; strain, melody, tune, air; form, shape, figure, pattern; element, phrase; convention, device.
motion, n. 1. movement, moving, changing place, changing position, driftage, travel, traveling, going; activity, action, activeness, stir, flux; flow, stream, passage, progress, transit; trend, drift, course, current, run, swing; roving, roaming, swaying, wandering.
2. mobility, power of movement, movability, fluidity.
3. gait, stride, step, walk, tread; bearing, carriage.
4. gesture, gesticulation, gest; sign, signal, broad hint, hint, cue, nod, nudge, shrug, wink, Inf. high sign; pantomime, charade, dumb show; display, show, demonstration.
5. proposal, suggestion, recommendation, submission, offering.
6. tendency, inclination, predilection, preference; liking, desire, fancy, free will.
7. in motion moving, stirring; in operation, in progress, under way; working, Inf. on.
-v. 8. gesticulate, gesture, wave, flail the arms, saw the air; signal, signalize, nod, Inf. give [s.o.] the high sign; wiggle or crook one's finger, wag one's finger; give thumbs-down or thumbs-up to.
