biological parent

noun

: one's natural parent : the woman who gave birth to a child or the man who is related by birth to a child

an adopted child who never knew her biological parents

Examples of biological parent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The attorney general has argued that the government has a duty to protect children who didn’t have a say in not being raised by both biological parents, Jay said. —Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026

What happens now that the biological parents have been identified? —Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026

Detectives were able to rule out Michelle Rust's biological parents as suspects during the investigation. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026

Some adoptees, including Yooree Kim, who was sent to a French family in 1984 without her biological parents’ consent and says she was abused by her adopters, have sought compensation under the state compensation act, which in theory allows victims to pursue claims without lengthy court battles. —ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026

How much do children resemble their biological parents, even if they’ve been adopted away at birth and raised by different people? —Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026

Her biological parents were from Gilead. —Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026

If the pair are Shea’s biological parents, Score and Mills would like to learn more about them — but not necessarily relinquish custody of Shea, Hatfield said. —Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026

His biological parents had prior abuse convictions. —Shannon Tyler march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for biological parent

• aberrant
• apparent
• declarant
• grandparent
• stepparent
• transparent
• errant
• semitransparent