Synonyms of fathering

fathering 1 of 2

noun

as in fatherhood

Related 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fathering

Verb

There is a quiet revolution going on in America, and definitely in Atlanta, in how contemporary men are fathering. — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 18 June 2026

Shi was also alleged to have committed criminal offenses and violated Buddhist precepts by maintaining relationships with multiple women over a long period and fathering at least one child, according to a notice from the temple’s authority on its WeChat account at that time. — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

For CEOs, fathering a daughter can hold even more transformational potential—for gender equality and social responsibility—up to a point. — Corinne Post, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Delivering bad news In 2001, Jesse faced a scandal for having an affair that resulted in him fathering a child. — Rick Davis, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026

Crowe believes that Maximus fathering a son with a woman other than his wife tarnishes his character's legacy, as the gladiator's primary motivation in the original film is to avenge the deaths of his wife and son. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025

The novel opens as the teenage Karl Rossmann, whose parents shipped him off to America for fathering a child when he was seduced by the family’s thirty-five-year-old cook, arrives on a steamer in New York harbor and sees the Statue of Liberty holding not the emblematic torch but rather a sword. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025

In June, the singer filed for a temporary restraining order and alleged that Wagner made false claims about living at her property, being in a relationship with her and fathering her child. — Bryan West, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

Josh O’Connor, at his filthy best, plays a disillusioned ’70s suburban dad married to Alana Haim and vaguely fathering a pair of pathologically chatty sons as the Vietnam War and its attendant protests color the world around them. — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025