Parental Synonyms and Antonyms

pə-rĕntl
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. maternal
  2. paternal
  3. fatherly
  4. motherly
  5. familial
  6. patrimonial
  7. phylogenetic
  8. phyletic
  9. hereditary
Antonyms:
  1. filial

Words Related to Parental

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.

Parental Sentence Examples

  • Kids often digress when out from under parental control.

  • In psychoanalysis, this voice is called the superego, which Freud conceived as the infantile internalizing of parental authority.

  • Maybe you should set up the parental controls on the TV so they can't watch that garbage, if they have no adult supervision.

  • The maternal grandparents have obtained parental responsibility under a court order in the United Kingdom.

  • Wider aspects of parental leave are slower making headway, despite legal back-up.

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