Father Synonyms and Antonyms
fäthər
A male parent
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- sire
- dad
- ancestor
- daddy
- paterfamilias
- p.a.
- papa
- procreator
- pappy
- pater
- pop
- begetter
- fatherhood
- progenitor
- forebear
- forefather
- agnate
- male head of the household
- agnation
- author
- founder
- male parent
- Father-God
- genitor
- the old man
- originator
- the governor
- padre
- pater-familias
- paternalism
- pops
- paternity
- patriarch
- patrilineage
- old man
- patrimony
- precursor
- predecessor
- prototype
Antonyms:
An originator
(Noun)
Synonyms:
A priest, especially a Roman Catholic or Anglican priest
(Noun)
Synonyms:
A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made
(Noun)
One that creates, founds, or originates
(Noun)
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
To cause to come into existence
(Verb)
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Antonyms:
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- church father
- Father of the Church
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
- agnatic
- fatherly
- filial
- paternal
- paternalistic
- patriarchal
- patriclinous
- patrilineal
- patripotestal
- patroclinous
- patronymic
- putative
Words Related to Father
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