Thesaurus results for PATRIARCH

patriarch

noun

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 In the first few seasons of the time-hopping melodrama This Is Us, Milo Ventimiglia’s Jack is positioned as the patriarch of the Pearson family, yet is only shown in flashbacks to the family’s early days. —

Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 Meanwhile, Joseph is a popular first name in the Kennedy family, going back to the patriarch, Joseph Kennedy Sr. —

Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 June 2026 Family patriarch Billy Brown died in 2021. —

Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 June 2026 Billy Brown, patriarch of the Brown family, died in 2021 after suffering a seizure. —

Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for patriarch

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The young Khomeini, who doesn’t hold a government position, spoke at the main ceremony commemorating his great grandfather’s death 37 years ago.

— Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
Owner Ray Biggerstaff announced his retirement, signaling the end of an era for the company founded in 1948 by his grandfather, Raymond Biggerstaff.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026