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daddy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of daddy

1 a male human parent

I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish

Synonyms of daddy

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

Words Related to daddy

paterfamilias, patriarch

father figure, father image

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 of daddy

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

Words Related to daddy

model, original

originator, sire

Near Antonyms of daddy

by-product, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off

Antonyms of daddy

descendant (also descendent)

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