Father synonyms and antonyms
fä'thər
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Part of speech:
Father.
The definition of a parent is a mother or father.
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(Informal) one's grandfather
(Countable) A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
Of, like, or appropriate to a father:
A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.
(Figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
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To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction:
niece (related)
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
genitor
A biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
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promulgator
A person who promulgates; a publisher.
elder (related)
(US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
To originate is to start something or cause something to start.
To bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)
author (related)
The works of an author or authors.
patroclinous
Having inherited characteristics that more closely resemble the male parent than the female parent.
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patrilineage
A group of descendants related through a common male lineage.
One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come:
mother (antonym)
A woman who gives birth to a child.
To produce offspring; reproduce.
To bring into being; produce
paterfamilias
A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.
To serve or act as pastor of.
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To ordain or admit to the priesthood.
A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
The definition of a prototype is the original model.
make (related)
To arrange or agree to:
son (related)
grandmother (related)
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daughter (related)
uncle (related)
grandson (related)
cousin (related)
nephew (related)
brother-in-law (related)
sister (related)
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the old man
A male parent
A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him
One who gives encouragement.
Of the male line; patrilineal
(Genetics) Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.
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The qualities or character of a father
To engender is defined as to cause something to happen or come into being.
(Figuratively) An originator; a creator.
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism
Showing such descent
agnation
Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
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pater-familias
Alternative spelling of paterfamilias.
One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
procreator
One who procreates; a father or mother.
To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process:
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) Someone who originates something.
The definition of a forebear is a person's ancestor.
husband (related)
brother (related)
grandfather (related)
stepfather (related)
One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
anti-Nicene father
An important early Christian
(Person, proper) God
Supposed rather than real; believed; reputed.
An old master.
Someone who founds or is instrumental in founding an institution, nation, etc.
A person who reports, analyzes, and evaluates news events and trends on radio or television
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.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch.
patripotestal
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.
Adopt is defined as to accept an idea or to choose and follow a course of action.
An ancestor.
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
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.
(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)
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 person just beginning to do or learn something; inexperienced, unskilled person; novice
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
god (related)
One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed:
Father-God
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
(Genetics) The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.
Someone or something that introduces.
city-father
Any of the important officials of a city, as a councilman or alderman
solon
A city in Ohio.
One who adheres to a church-based philosophy.
A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
administrator (related)
One who administers, especially one who works as a manager in a business, government agency, or school.
Pertaining to descent through male lines.
In psychology, an archetype is the innate knowledge, images, or ways of thinking that are inherited from ancestors.
An authentic work of art:
give birth (or rise) to
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
wife (related)
Property inherited from one's father or ancestors
A female ancestor
male head of the household
A male parent
the governor
A male parent
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