Another word for father
father
n.
A male parent
sire, paterfamilias, progenitor, procreator, forebear, forefather, begetter, ancestor, male head of the household, dad*, daddy*, papa*, pa*, the old man*, the governor*, pappy*, pater*, pop*, pops*.
An originator
founder, inventor, sponsor, promoter, publisher, introducer, supporter, encourager, promulgator, author, creator; see also author 1.
A civic or tribal elder
patriarch, city father, dean, Solon; see administrator, elder 2.
A priest, especially a Roman Catholic or Anglican priest
pastor, ecclesiastic, parson, padre*; see priest.
An important early Christian
hermit, commentator, Gregory, prophet, martyr, patriarch, Doctor of the Church, apostolic father, anti-Nicene father.
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Another word for father
A male parent:
sire. (Informal) dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappy2, pop2. (Slang) old man. See kinA person from whom one is descended:
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, forebear, forefather, foremother, mother, parent, progenitor. (Archaic) predecessor. See kin, precedeOne that creates, founds, or originates:
architect, author, creator, entrepreneur, founder2, inventor, maker, originator, parent, patriarch. See startA first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made:
archetype, master, original, protoplast, prototype. See start
To be the biological father of:
beget, breed, get, procreate, sire. See kinTo cause to come into existence:
beget, breed, create, engender, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idiom: give birth (or rise) to. See make
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