Synonyms of fathering

fathering 1 of 2

noun

as in fatherhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatherhood
• paternity
• rearing
• upbringing
• mothering
• raising
• motherhood
• parenting
• maternity
• parenthood
• caregiving
• caretaking

fathering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of father

as in siring

to become the father of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• siring
• spawning
• producing
• begetting
• reproducing
• getting
• propagating
• multiplying
• generating
• procreating
• engendering
• gendering
• bearing