Synonyms of fathers

fathers 1 of 2

noun

plural of father

1

as in dads

a male human parent

the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dads
• daddies
• papas
• sires
• pas
• patriarchs
• paters
• stepfathers
• old men
• pops
• father figures
• patresfamilias
• father images

2

as in founders

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founders
• creators
• authors
• inventors
• pioneers
• makers
• begetters
• initiators
• originators
• generators
• founding fathers
• sires
• establishers
• designers
• innovators
• instituters
• inaugurators
• builders
• researchers
• developers
• cofounders
• promoters
• introducers
• contrivers
• spawners
• producers
• organizers
• cocreators
• inspirers
• formulators
• devisers
• conceivers
• encouragers
• galvanizers
• researchists
• inspirations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• students
• pupils
• supporters
• disciples
• followers

3

as in grandfathers

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 & Similar Words

• grandfathers
• ancestors
• forefathers
• forebears
• progenitors
• grandmothers
• forebearers
• primogenitors
• predecessors
• patriarchs
• foremothers
• matriarchs
• grandsires
• antecessors
• ancestresses
• ancestries
• antecedents
• sires
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendants
• children
• families
• offspring
• sons
• issues
• daughters
• seed
• stocks
• lineages
• heirs
• successors
• progenies
• posterities
• inheritors
• scions

fathers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of father

as in sires

to become the father of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sires
• begets
• spawns
• produces
• gets
• reproduces
• propagates
• procreates
• generates
• multiplies
• bears
• engenders
• genders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fathers

Noun

The relationship between Xi and Zhang went back decades, extending not just to their childhoods but all the way back to their fathers, who were comrades in arms in China’s ferocious civil war. — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

The victims were mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and coworkers. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026

The shock and pain rippled outward, to sons and daughters who lost mothers and fathers, to parents who lost children, to sisters and brothers, to friends. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Goodleaf’s father had helped build the towers, as had the fathers and grandfathers of many of the ironworkers who responded to the collapse. — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

But Sam has been troubled by the strange overlap between Reeger’s career and their fathers and has found some seemingly damning evidence that suggests Reeger isn’t telling the whole story. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Two women who lost their fathers in the 9/11 attacks are forced to grapple with the fact that the man accused of orchestrating them has not yet been brought to justice. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Yes, there was family history — their fathers having fought twice in the 1990s — but when Benn made his professional debut in 2016, the sons never looked likely to continue the feud. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

There were so many young women who were pregnant that day and the fathers of the babies were lost in the towers—from firefighters to office managers. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026