Thesaurus results for PATRIARCH

patriarch

noun

Definition of patriarch

as in grandfather

a man who is the head of a family Investors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son.

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Recent Examples of patriarch The ring, designed by Van Cleef & Arpels in 1953, was picked out by the Kennedy patriarch at the brand’s Fifth Avenue boutique in New York City. — Moises Mendez Ii, InStyle, 29 June 2026 Ellison was a respected Atlanta businessman, community leader, and family patriarch. — Nakell Williams, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Christie’s catalogue describes it as an exceptionally rare treatment of a pivotal political moment, when Mehmed sought to consolidate his rule over the former Byzantine capital by installing Gennadius as patriarch of the Orthodox Church. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 The sitcom, which debuted in 1987, starred the late Bob Saget as patriarch Danny Tanner, a widower raising his three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law Jesse (John Stamos) and his best friend, Joey (Dave Coulier). — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for patriarch

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Noun

In 1926, Brian's great-grandfather, Henry Knoebel, opened a pool that would mark the official start of the family’s park.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
The supplies will be taken to Miami and then Venezuela by Olarte Transport, said volunteer Andrea Casanova, 28, whose grandfather was in Venezuela when the earthquakes struck.

— Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of grandfather

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The news of the arrest caught the attention of the family of Amy McHale, a woman who was once married to Horsch’s father and disappeared nearly 10 years ago.

— Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Her oldest sister, Sonia Gonzalez, said Gonzalez reminds her a lot of their father, who reinvented himself many times over the years.

— Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026