motherless

1. 1.

   having no living or known mother

   Similarunparented

Questions about motherless

What does motherless mean?

motherless means "having no living or known mother".

How many syllables are in motherless?

motherless has 3 syllables: mot-her-less. The stress falls on "mot". In IPA it is /ˈmʌðɚlɪs/.

Is motherless a common word?

motherless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.