Synonyms of patriarch

patriarch

noun

as in grandfather

a man who is the head of a family

Investors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grandfather
• dad
• father
• paterfamilias
• papa
• daddy
• pater
• poppa
• pa
• pop
• sire
• progenitor
• ancestor
• forefather
• elder
• old man
• dean
• forebear
• primogenitor
• forebearer
• forbear
• elder statesman