daddy

daddy

noun

Definition of DADDY

1

a male human parent <I stopped calling my father “Daddy” because I thought it sounded childish>

Synonyms dad, daddy, old man, pa, papa (also poppa), pater [chiefly British], pop, sire

Related Words paterfamilias, patriarch; father figure, father image; stepfather

2

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed <Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours>

Synonyms antecedent, archetype, daddy, foregoer, forerunner, granddaddy (also grandaddy), precursor, predecessor, prototype

Related Words model, original; originator, sire; father, mother

Near Antonyms by-product, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off; daughter, son

Antonyms descendant (also descendent)