variants
also poppa
as in dad
a male human parent
a proud papa of newborn twins
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Recent Examples of papa
The proud papa of one-year-old Jack Blues Bieber posted a series of adorable pics of the little guy taking some tentative steps with mom Hailey Bieber on Wednesday (Sept. 17).
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
Carrington, who maintained a lifelong aversion to conformity, fortunately did not follow her papa’s advice.
—Tobias Grey, Air Mail, 13 Sep. 2025
The proud papa called his kids every day and played Fortnite daily with his son, Giron said.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Menu highlights include papas rellenas, cubano sandwiches and ropa vieja.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 4 June 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
Carrington, who maintained a lifelong aversion to conformity, fortunately did not follow her papa’s advice.
—Tobias Grey, Air Mail, 13 Sep. 2025
The proud papa called his kids every day and played Fortnite daily with his son, Giron said.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Menu highlights include papas rellenas, cubano sandwiches and ropa vieja.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 4 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for papa
Noun
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My dad, who wears an insulin pump, and my aunt, who hadn’t flown internationally since 2004, definitely required some handholding at this point.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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The guys were joking around, calling coach my dad and stuff like that.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Koy, the son of a white father and Filipina mother, saw comedy as a way to channel an overactive personality and need to make people laugh into a career.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The poll surveyed 977 caregivers of children 13 and younger, including 53% biological mothers and 33% biological fathers, with the remaining participants including stepparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This was two old pals knowing exactly how to approach each other, like Christmas With the Martins and the Sinatras for Tina Fey fans — if only because Tracy Jordan being Cher’s secret baby daddy feels like a season-five 30 Rock joke.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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Six thousand dollars was twice what his daddy made in a year.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Papa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/papa. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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