Father synonyms

pops

Plural form of Pop

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dad

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daddy

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papa

Father.

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padre

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pop

(Countable) A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

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parent

The definition of a parent is a mother or father.

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fatherly

Of, like, or appropriate to a father:

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dada

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pappy

(Informal) one's grandfather

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ancestor

(Figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.

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priest (related)

In the early Christian church, a presbyter, or elder

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forefather

A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.

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dean

The definition of a dean is the head of a school department or church, or the senior member or expert of a group.

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originator

Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

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male head of the household

A male parent

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old man

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pater

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p.a.

Public-address system

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make

To arrange or agree to:

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kin (related)

To be the biological father of

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paterfamilias

A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.

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supporter

(Heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

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sire

(Old Poet.) A father or forefather

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maker

One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:

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founder

Founding father

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patriarch

(Roman Catholic Church) A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope.

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patriclinous

Having mostly paternally-inherited charactersitics

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the governor

A male parent

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mother (antonym)

A woman who gives birth to a child.

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creator

Something or someone which creates or makes something.

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procreate

To produce offspring; reproduce.

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author (related)

The works of an author or authors.

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elder (related)

(US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.

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putative

Supposed rather than real; believed; reputed.

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fatherhood

The qualities or character of a father

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genitor

A biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.

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patrilineage

A group of descendants related through a common male lineage.

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abbot

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originate

To originate is to start something or cause something to start.

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begetter

(Figuratively) An originator; a creator.

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agnatic

Of the male line; patrilineal

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engender

To engender is defined as to cause something to happen or come into being.

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spawn

To bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)

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supreme-being

(Person, proper) God

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friar

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Father-God

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

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the old man

A male parent

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pater-familias

Alternative spelling of paterfamilias.

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beget

To bring into being; produce

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pastor

A Muslim imam

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paternalistic

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism

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patroclinous

Having inherited characteristics that more closely resemble the male parent than the female parent.

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patronymic

Showing such descent

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agnate

Any paternal male relative.

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agnation

Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation

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precursor

One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come:

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predecessor

One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.

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procreator

One who procreates; a father or mother.

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prototype

A person or thing that serves as a model for one of a later period

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adopt

Adopt is defined as to accept an idea or to choose and follow a course of action.

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create

To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:

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generate

To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process:

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minister

To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.

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forebear

The definition of a forebear is a person's ancestor.

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progenitor

The definition of a progenitor is a direct ancestor, or source from which something develops.

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get

To cause to do.

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start (related)

An act of beginning; an initial effort:

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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

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inventor

One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

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sponsor

A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him

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promoter

(Genetics) The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.

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publisher

One who publishes, especially books.

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introducer

Someone or something that introduces.

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encourager

One who gives encouragement.

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promulgator

A person who promulgates; a publisher.

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city-father

Any of the important officials of a city, as a councilman or alderman

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ecclesiastic

One who adheres to a church-based philosophy.

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parson

(Informal) Any minister or pastor, esp. a Protestant one

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commentator

A person who reports, analyzes, and evaluates news events and trends on radio or television

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gregory

A patronymic surname.

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martyr

(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.

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Doctor of the Church

An important early Christian

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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.

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anti-Nicene father

An important early Christian

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administrator (related)

One who administers, especially one who works as a manager in a business, government agency, or school.

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filial

(Genetics) Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.

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paternal

Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family

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patriarchal

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch.

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patrilineal

Pertaining to descent through male lines.

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patripotestal

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paternalism

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.

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reverend

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antecedent

An ancestor.

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ascendant

Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

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architect

The definition of an architect is a professional who creates designs for buildings, bridges and other structures.

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entrepreneur

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.

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archetype

In psychology, an archetype is the innate knowledge, images, or ways of thinking that are inherited from ancestors.

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master

An old master.

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original

An authentic work of art: