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

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Parental Sentence Examples

  • Kids often digress when out from under parental control.

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

  • In modified forms of plants there is frequently a tendency to " sport " or revert to parental or ancestral characteristics.

  • Paul was watching his son—a parental obligation thing—he didn't really like sports.

  • In addition to this parental instruction we find hints of a sort of academic training, particularly in chs.

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