Father synonyms
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Father.
(Countable) A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
The definition of a parent is a mother or father.
Of, like, or appropriate to a father:
priest (related)
In the early Christian church, a presbyter, or elder
(Figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
pater
(Informal) one's grandfather
To arrange or agree to:
kin (related)
To be the biological father of
male head of the household
A male parent
(Roman Catholic Church) A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope.
The definition of a dean is the head of a school department or church, or the senior member or expert of a group.
patriclinous
Having mostly paternally-inherited charactersitics
(Old Poet.) A father or forefather
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
paterfamilias
A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.
the governor
A male parent
A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.
author (related)
The works of an author or authors.
genitor
A biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
patrilineage
A group of descendants related through a common male lineage.
To originate is to start something or cause something to start.
One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
Father-God
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
To bring into being; produce
To produce offspring; reproduce.
(Informal) Any minister or pastor, esp. a Protestant one
(Person, proper) God
paternalistic
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism
patroclinous
Having inherited characteristics that more closely resemble the male parent than the female parent.
Showing such descent
Supposed rather than real; believed; reputed.
agnation
Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
pater-familias
Alternative spelling of paterfamilias.
One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come:
One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
procreator
One who procreates; a father or mother.
A person or thing that serves as a model for one of a later period
Adopt is defined as to accept an idea or to choose and follow a course of action.
To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process:
mother (antonym)
A woman who gives birth to a child.
The definition of a forebear is a person's ancestor.
The definition of a progenitor is a direct ancestor, or source from which something develops.
To breed is to cause reproduction by controlled mating to achieve a desired trait, or to cause something to happen over time.
start (related)
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
Father of the Church
(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
(Figuratively) An originator; a creator.
A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him
(Genetics) The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.
introducer
Someone or something that introduces.
encourager
One who gives encouragement.
promulgator
A person who promulgates; a publisher.
city-father
Any of the important officials of a city, as a councilman or alderman
One who adheres to a church-based philosophy.
A person who reports, analyzes, and evaluates news events and trends on radio or television
A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
Doctor of the Church
An important early Christian
apostolic father
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.
anti-Nicene father
An important early Christian
administrator (related)
One who administers, especially one who works as a manager in a business, government agency, or school.
elder (related)
(US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
Of the male line; patrilineal
(Genetics) Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch.
patrilineal
Pertaining to descent through male lines.
patripotestal
The qualities or character of a father
A policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights or responsibilities.
To engender is defined as to cause something to happen or come into being.
An ancestor.
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
A female ancestor
The definition of an architect is a professional who creates designs for buildings, bridges and other structures.
The definition of an entrepreneur is a person who takes an idea, product or service and does whatever is necessary to introduce it to the marketplace where it can produce revenue.
In psychology, an archetype is the innate knowledge, images, or ways of thinking that are inherited from ancestors.
An old master.
An authentic work of art:
(Bot.) A unit of protoplasm, such as makes up a single cell exclusive of the cell wall
To bring forth young; develop embryos
(Econ.) To create (anything having exchange value)
To bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)
give birth (or rise) to
precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
church father
Any of the authoritative early writers in the Christian church who formulated doctrines and codified religious observances.
The leader of an organized-crime family.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
A person just beginning to do or learn something; inexperienced, unskilled person; novice
Someone who founds or is instrumental in founding an institution, nation, etc.
solon
A city in Ohio.
god (related)
One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed:
Property inherited from one's father or ancestors
the old man
A male parent
The state of being a father; fatherhood.
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