Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ma

4 senses of ma

Sense 1
ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy -- (informal terms for a mother)
       => mother, female parent -- (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children")

Sense 2
Master of Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM -- (a master's degree in arts and sciences)
       => master's degree -- (an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree)

Sense 3
milliampere, mA -- (one thousandth of an ampere)
       => current unit -- (a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time)

Sense 4
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA -- (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)