1
as in dad
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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2
as in ancestor
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
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Recent Examples of daddy
That man playing for his daddy.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Thrilled to join Wednesday at Nevermore Academy is stylish mom Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), daddy Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and little bro Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez).
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
According to Ohio State University, the most common types of spiders are daddy long-legs, wolf spiders, and crab spiders, which can be found in or around your home.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 July 2025
Could this song also be about our sky daddy, a.k.a.
—Glamour, 11 July 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Thrilled to join Wednesday at Nevermore Academy is stylish mom Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), daddy Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and little bro Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez).
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
According to Ohio State University, the most common types of spiders are daddy long-legs, wolf spiders, and crab spiders, which can be found in or around your home.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 July 2025
Could this song also be about our sky daddy, a.k.a.
—Glamour, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jac, on the other hand, took his dad's lead into the world of sports broadcasting.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In Rea Rasmussen's case, the process took 18 months and required building genealogical connections back to ancestors born in the 1780s.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Celebrating the assassination of a 31 year old father of two young kids is disturbing; that teachers would be among those who do so is completely unacceptable.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His father, a hard-working Russian immigrant and patriotic US bomber pilot, taught him to respect authority.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Schuyler, who a decade ago sold her company, Epitome Pictures, to DHX Media, a forerunner of Wild Brain Entertainment, was not available for comment on Wednesday.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The reactor is the forerunner to the Aalo Pod, a 50-megawatt modular power plant designed specifically for data centers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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And the precursors for that reality may already be in motion, Metzger noted.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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After a follow-up period of 7½ years, the team concluded that higher iron levels in two key parts of the brain were linked to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment, which is typically a precursor to the development of Alzheimer’s dementia.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Working nights in his garage, Trombone built the prototype using personal funds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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