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(--- Archaic) A person of authority; man of high rank
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- (--- Archaic) A person of authority; man of high rank
- The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.
- (Archaic) Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.
A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.
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- A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.
A sudden sharp, explosive sound.
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- A sudden sharp, explosive sound.
- (Colloquial) Affectionate form of father.
- (Baseball) A pop fly.
A pops orchestra, a pops concert, or a series of pops concerts
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The jurisdictional head of any of certain other churches, as the Coptic, Nestorian, Armenian, etc.
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- The jurisdictional head of any of certain other churches, as the Coptic, Nestorian, Armenian, etc.
- A very old, venerable man; an elder.
- One who is regarded as the founder or original head of an enterprise, organization, or tradition.
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
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- Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
A source from which something develops; originator or precursor
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- A source from which something develops; originator or precursor
- A direct ancestor.
- A forefather; ancestor in direct line
(Figuratively) One who originates or creates something.
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- (Figuratively) One who originates or creates something.
A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
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- A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
- An ancestor
(Figuratively) An originator; a creator.
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- (Figuratively) An originator; a creator.
- A procreator; one who begets.
Anything regarded as a precursor or forerunner of a later thing
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- Anything regarded as a precursor or forerunner of a later thing
- A forerunner or predecessor.
- Any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a grandparent; forefather; forebear
- One's father.
- (Informal) father
- (Colloquial) Father, papa.
- A Maori fort.
- Public-address system
(Colloquial, regional) grandfather
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- (Colloquial, regional) grandfather
- (Colloquial, regional) father
- (Informal) one's grandfather
(Chiefly Brit., Informal) Father
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- (Chiefly Brit., Informal) Father
- Founding father
- A person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
- One who establishes something or formulates the basis for something:
A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
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- A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
A business firm or other agency that alone or with others pays the costs of a radio or television program on which it advertises or promotes something
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- A business firm or other agency that alone or with others pays the costs of a radio or television program on which it advertises or promotes something
- In some Christian denominations, a person who acts as patron for someone being confirmed
- A person or agency that undertakes certain responsibilities in connection with some other person or some group or activity, as in being a proponent, endorser, advisor, underwriter, surety, etc.
(Genetics) The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.
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- (Genetics) The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.
- (Genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
- A person or thing that promotes; specif., a person who begins, secures financing for, and helps to organize an undertaking, as a business or a sports event
A person or firm that publishes, esp. one whose business is the publishing of books, newspapers, magazines, printed music, etc.
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- A person or firm that publishes, esp. one whose business is the publishing of books, newspapers, magazines, printed music, etc.
- A person or business that produces and distributes something, such as a book or magazine, in printed or electronic form.
Someone or something that introduces.
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- Someone or something that introduces.
One who gives encouragement.
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- One who gives encouragement.
A person who promulgates; a publisher.
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- A person who promulgates; a publisher.
An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.
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- An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.
- One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
- A writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif., a person whose profession is writing books
One who creates
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- One who creates
- One that creates:
- God. Used with the.
A municipal official, such as a council member.
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- A municipal official, such as a council member.
- A senior municipal official, especially elected officials such as a mayor, a controller, or a municipal legislator.
- Any of the important officials of a city, as a councilman or alderman
An official of a school, college, or university, esp. one in charge of students, faculty, or a division of studies
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- An official of a school, college, or university, esp. one in charge of students, faculty, or a division of studies
- The senior member of a body or group:
- A title afforded to a dean.
Athenian lawgiver and poet. His reforms preserved a class system based on wealth but ended privilege by birth.
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- Athenian lawgiver and poet. His reforms preserved a class system based on wealth but ended privilege by birth.
- A wise legislator or lawgiver.
- An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
A member of the clergy
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- A member of the clergy
- A minister or priest; a cleric.
An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
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- An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
- A member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister.
- An Anglican minister in charge of a parish; rector
(Baseball) A player on the team the "San Diego Padres".
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- (Baseball) A player on the team the "San Diego Padres".
- Father: the title of a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America
- (Informal) A priest or chaplain
A cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
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- A cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
- A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.
- A person who lives alone in a lonely or secluded spot, often from religious motives; recluse
A person who reports, analyzes, and evaluates news events and trends on radio or television
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(Person, proper) A masculine name: dim. Greg; var. Gregg; equiv. Fr. Grégoire, Ger. & Scand. Gregor, It. & Sp. Gregorio
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- (Person, proper) A masculine name: dim. Greg; var. Gregg; equiv. Fr. Grégoire, Ger. & Scand. Gregor, It. & Sp. Gregorio
A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
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- A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
- The second of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve. Used with the.
- One of the highest-ranking leaders of the Mormon church, considered by the faithful to be divinely inspired, and responsible for establishing and revising doctrine.
A person who assumes an attitude of self-sacrifice or suffering in order to arouse feelings of pity, guilt, etc. in others
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- A person who assumes an attitude of self-sacrifice or suffering in order to arouse feelings of pity, guilt, etc. in others
- A person who suffers great pain or misery for a long time
- One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.
A bishop in the early Christian Church, esp. a bishop of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, or Jerusalem
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- A bishop in the early Christian Church, esp. a bishop of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, or Jerusalem
- (Roman Catholic Church) A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope.
- (--- Eastern Orthodox Ch.) The highest-ranking bishop at Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Moscow, Bucharest, etc.
A church father of the first or second century ad who was believed to have received personal instruction from the 12 Apostles or from their disciples.
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- A church father of the first or second century ad who was believed to have received personal instruction from the 12 Apostles or from their disciples.
(Person, proper) God
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- (Person, proper) God
One who creates
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- One who creates
- One that creates:
- God. Used with the.
An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.
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- An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.
- One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
- A writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif., a person whose profession is writing books
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Old Mr. ____
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- The commanding officer, especially of a US naval vessel.
- Any man in authority, as the head of a company, the captain of a vessel, or a military commander
Anything regarded as a precursor or forerunner of a later thing
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- Anything regarded as a precursor or forerunner of a later thing
- (Law) The deceased person from whom an estate has been inherited
- One, such as a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, who precedes another in lineage.
One that precedes another.
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- One that precedes another.
- (Grammar) The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going.
- (Gram.) The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
An ancestor
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- An ancestor
- The position or state of being dominant or in control:
- (Astrol.) The sign of the zodiac just above the eastern horizon at any given moment, specif. at the time of one's birth
An ancestor
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- An ancestor
- A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
A female ancestor
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- A female ancestor
- A woman ancestor.
A woman whose egg unites with a sperm, producing an embryo.
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- A woman whose egg unites with a sperm, producing an embryo.
- A woman who gives birth to a child.
- (Short for) mother of vinegar
A source or cause; an origin:
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- A source or cause; an origin:
- A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
- A mother or father
A direct ancestor.
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- A direct ancestor.
- A forefather; ancestor in direct line
- A source from which something develops; originator or precursor
Something that has been succeeded by another:
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- Something that has been succeeded by another:
- An ancestor; forefather
- One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
One that plans, devises, or organizes something:
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- One that plans, devises, or organizes something:
- A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- A person whose profession is designing and drawing up plans for buildings, bridges, etc. and generally supervising the construction
A person who makes or originates something; creator; originator
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- A person who makes or originates something; creator; originator
- One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
- A writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif., a person whose profession is writing books
One who creates
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- One who creates
- One that creates:
- God. Used with the.
A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
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- A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
- Founding father
- One who establishes something or formulates the basis for something:
- A person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
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- A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
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- One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
- A person who executes, as by signing, a check, contract, etc.; specif., a person who signs a promissory note
- God. Often used with a possessive adjective:
A parent company.
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- A parent company.
- A source or cause; an origin:
- A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
The oldest individual of a class or group
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- The oldest individual of a class or group
- Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.
- A person regarded as the founder or father of a colony, religion, business, etc.
In Jungian psychology, any of several innate ideas or patterns in the psyche, expressed in dreams, art, etc. as certain basic symbols or images
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- In Jungian psychology, any of several innate ideas or patterns in the psyche, expressed in dreams, art, etc. as certain basic symbols or images
- In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.
- An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype:
A special official appointed by a court to assist it, typically by making findings or rulings pertaining to matters specified by the court, typically, a “master” in divorce or custody, or a “master” to render an accounting; sometimes referred to as a “special master”.
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- A special official appointed by a court to assist it, typically by making findings or rulings pertaining to matters specified by the court, typically, a “master” in divorce or custody, or a “master” to render an accounting; sometimes referred to as a “special master”.
- Used as a courtesy title before the given or full name of a boy not considered old enough to be addressed as Mister.
- An original, such as an original document or audio recording, from which copies can be made.
A pristine form or primary type that has given rise to varieties
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- A pristine form or primary type that has given rise to varieties
- A first form or model from which others are made or developed:
- An authentic work of art:
To cause to exist or occur; produce:
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- To cause to exist or occur; produce:
- To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
- To bring into being; produce
To rear or train; bring up:
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- To rear or train; bring up:
- To produce offspring; give birth to or hatch.
- To bring up, train, or educate
To work for gain or profit; make money:
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- To work for gain or profit; make money:
- To go and bring
- To cause to move or leave:
To beget
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- To beget
- To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction:
- To be the biological father of (a child).
To cause to exist or occur; produce:
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- To cause to exist or occur; produce:
- To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
- To bring into being; produce
To rear or train; bring up:
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- To rear or train; bring up:
- To produce offspring; give birth to or hatch.
- To bring up, train, or educate
To give rise to; produce:
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- To give rise to; produce:
- To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:
- To cause to come into existence; bring into being; make; originate; esp., to make or design (something requiring art, skill, invention, etc.)
To bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth
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- To bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth
- To emerge from or break out of an egg.
- To bring (a plan, idea, etc.) into existence; esp., to plan in a secret or underhanded way; plot
To rise or accumulate:
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- To rise or accumulate:
- To achieve, produce, or attain:
- To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
To come into being; begin; start
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- To come into being; begin; start
- To bring into being; create or start:
- To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent
To act as a parent to; raise and nurture:
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- To act as a parent to; raise and nurture:
- To cause to come into existence; originate.
To get (a play, film, TV program, etc.) ready for presentation to the public
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- To get (a play, film, TV program, etc.) ready for presentation to the public
- To make or yield products or a product:
- To make or manufacture
To beget
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- To beget
- To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction:
- To be the biological father of (a child).
To produce or deposit (spawn).
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- To produce or deposit (spawn).
- To bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)
- To produce or give rise to:
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Find another word for father. In this page you can discover 106 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for father, like: sire, paterfamilias, the governor, pop, pops, patriarch, originator, progenitor, procreator, forebear and forefather.
