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father

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of father

1 a male human parent

  • the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons
Synonyms of father

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

paterfamilias, patriarch

father figure, father image

stepfather

2 a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

  • Sir Isaac Newton is regarded by many as the father of modern science
Synonyms of father

author, begetter, creator, establisher, founder, founding father, generator, inaugurator, initiator, instituter (or institutor), originator, sire
Words Related to father

cocreator, cofounder

conceiver, contriver, designer, deviser, formulator, innovator, introducer, inventor, spawner

builder, maker, producer

developer, pioneer, researcher, researchist

organizer, promoter

encourager, galvanizer, inspiration, inspirer
Near Antonyms of father

disciple, follower, pupil, student, supporter

3 a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

  • our fathers founded this nation on the fundamental belief that no person is entitled to rule by divine right
Synonyms of father

ancestor, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, primogenitor, progenitor
Words Related to father

antecessor, predecessor [archaic]

ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch

grandsire [archaic], patriarch, sire [archaic]

ancestry, antecedents, roots
Near Antonyms of father

children, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, stock

daughter, heir, inheritor, scion, son, successor
Antonyms of father

descendant (also descendent)

4 capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe

  • let us ask humbly for the blessings of our Father in heaven
Synonyms of father

Allah, Almighty, Author, Creator, deity, Divinity, Eternal, Everlasting, God, Godhead, Jehovah, King, Lord, Maker, Providence, Supreme Being, Yahweh (also Jahveh)

father

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of father

to become the father of

  • Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered
Synonyms of father

beget, get, sire
Words Related to father

multiply, procreate, propagate, reproduce, spawn

bear, engender, gender, generate, produce

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