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
• poppas
• patriarchs
• stepfathers
• paters
• 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
• originators
• initiators
• institutors
• generators
• founding fathers
• sires
• establishers
• designers
• instituters
• inaugurators
• innovators
• builders
• researchers
• developers
• co-founders
• cofounders
• co-creators
• promoters
• cocreators
• devisers
• introducers
• contrivers
• spawners
• producers
• organizers
• inspirers
• formulators
• 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
• forbears
• forebears
• progenitors
• grandmothers
• forebearers
• primogenitors
• predecessors
• patriarchs
• foremothers
• matriarchs
• grandsires
• ancestresses
• antecessors
• ancestries
• antecedents
• sires
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descendants
• children
• descendents
• families
• offspring
• issues
• seeds
• sons
• daughters
• seed
• stocks
• lineages
• heirs
• successors
• offsprings
• 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