Parent Synonyms and Antonyms

pârənt, păr-
A person from whom one is descended
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. father
  2. mother
  3. progenitor
  4. ancestor
  5. forebear
  6. forefather
  7. origin
  8. sire
  9. foster-parent
  10. antecedent
  11. foster-father
  12. foster-mother
  13. ascendant
  14. stepparent
  15. author
  16. begetter
  17. stepfather
  18. cause
  19. dad
  20. daddy
  21. stepmother
  22. forbear
  23. immediate forebear
  24. procreator
  25. generate
  26. genetrix
  27. foremother
  28. genitor
  29. guardian
  30. mama
  31. mater
  32. mom
  33. the one from whom one has one's being
  34. originator
  35. papa
  36. predecessor
  37. produce
  38. producer
  39. protector
  40. rear
  41. source
  42. spawn
Bring up
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. raise
  2. rear
  3. bring up
  4. foster
  5. nurture
One that creates, founds, or originates
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. architect
  2. author
  3. creator
  4. entrepreneur
  5. father
  6. founder
  7. inventor
  8. maker
  9. originator
  10. patriarch
To cause to come into existence
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. make
  2. beget
  3. sire
  4. breed
  5. create
  6. engender
  7. father
  8. hatch
  9. originate
  10. procreate
  11. produce
  12. spawn
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. parental

Words Related to Parent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Parent Sentence Examples

  • What causes a parent to love one child more than another?

  • He's gone from one foster parent to another.

  • And the one to do it is the parent or the special teacher, not the school.

  • We'll be at his parent's ranch.

  • Several are only known in cultivation, and we have but little knowledge of the wild parent forms from which they have descended.

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