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

That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

To offset these kinds of social pressures, countries like Japan and Austria offer incentives such as bonus leave time for families when fathers actually take their available leave. — Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

My first thought is that if that little theory about Brian and Ellen having to raise baby William at some point, the two mothers/three fathers makes sense. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Chefs Adam McFarland and Tom Rogers founded the Lincoln Park restaurant in 2024, naming it after their fathers, both John. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2026

There were three of us in the writers’ room who lost our fathers at a young age. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Millennial mothers and fathers in the United States spend more time tending to their offspring than Gen X-ers did. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Doctors and venture capitalists, mothers and fathers, even your grandparents are slipping away from their jobs and their families to take psychedelics and connect with God. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Many became lifelong friends, and role models for me as husbands, fathers, workers and community servants. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026