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 Andy family, whose patriarch grew up in Miami before moving to New Jersey where the family still runs the popular La Mer Resort, gave the land to the Miami Blue Chapter of the National Butterfly Association. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 The five-person clan (including a charming Max Greenfield as patriarch Ted, and Eitan Friedman and Matan Friedman as those wild brothers) live in relative domestic tranquility in Small Town Anywhere, USA. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026 Not surprisingly, her own take on eternal life echoed that of the fictional family patriarch, Angus Tuck. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 Cliven Bundy, the family patriarch, rallied hundreds of supporters to block the roundup of his cattle, sparking a days long armed standoff between law enforcement and the Bundy group near the town of Bunkerville, outside of Las Vegas. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patriarch

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Noun

He was further informed that Freya’s grandfather survived the devastating Russian siege of Bucha in 2022.

— Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
His mother had told him a man named Elvin Hunt might have been King’s biological grandfather instead of the person listed as King’s grandfather of record.

— Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of grandfather

Noun

Sawyer Strosnider stepped into the batter’s box for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Wednesday afternoon with his mom, Kandi, in the second row behind home plate, and his dad, Scott, a few hundred feet away in the right-field bleachers.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The kitten's strengths include climbing up the back of the couch, crashing his dad's work calls and shadow chasing.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of dad

Noun

Nuclear Children follows 18-year-old Isla Sparrow who, after the death of her father in a submarine accident, hopes to escape her grieving family and flee to university.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
In the story, Ejva inherits her father’s reindeer herd following his sudden death.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026