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

Yet, a study by the Gender Equity Policy Institute shows that mothers spend nearly double the amount of time on childcare and domestic work compared to fathers. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

The Midwest Regional Reception Center detains close to 500 fathers, mothers, spouses, cousins and friends on behalf of ICE. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

Another recent study found that fewer than three-quarters of fathers took any parental leave, and only 36% were able to take more than two weeks away from work. — Nishant Pandya, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026

DiGiannantonio was part of a group of six men, most of them young, married fathers working in industries such as general contracting and liquor sales, who opened Hooters on a lark. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

After five years of harsh restrictions by the Taliban regime, fathers, mothers, and daughters across Afghanistan hold fast to the vision of unlocking independent inquiry and thinking through schooling. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026

The number represents about a third of the Connecticut prison population and individually represents mothers, fathers, brothers, sons who have been accused but not found guilty. — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press Hours before first pitch at the new diamond, fathers and daughters played catch at the movie site along the infield and chased after baseballs in the lush grass that filled the outfield. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The original film was more about the connections baseball builds in families, particularly between fathers and sons, and Costner was a key to the emotional and evocative feeling connecting all in attendance and watching on TV. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026