Synonyms for father
ˈfɑ ðərfa·ther

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1. fatherverb

   Antonyms:
   son, daughter, mother, child

2. fathernoun

   A male who sires (and often raises) a child.

   My father was a strong influence on me.

   Antonyms:
   daughter, mother, child, son

3. Fathernoun

   To give rise to.

   Father Thomas was a good priest.

   Antonyms:
   mother, daughter, son, child

4. Fathernoun

   A term of address for an elderly man.

   Come, father; you can sit here.

   Antonyms:
   mother, child, son, daughter

5. fathernoun

   A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

   Antonyms:
   son, child, mother, daughter

6. fathernoun

   Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.

   Antonyms:
   daughter, son, child, mother

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. father, male parent, begetternoun

   a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

   "his father was born in Atlanta"

   Synonyms:
   founding father, founder, forefather, sire, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   mother, female parent

2. forefather, father, sirenoun

   the founder of a family

   "keep the faith of our forefathers"

   Synonyms:
   founding father, founder, forefather, sire, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   mother, female parent

3. Father, Padrenoun

   `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

   Synonyms:
   military chaplain, founding father, founder, forefather, sky pilot, sire, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   mother, female parent

4. Church Father, Father of the Church, Fathernoun

   (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

   Synonyms:
   founding father, founder, forefather, sire, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   female parent, mother

5. fathernoun

   a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

   "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"

   Synonyms:
   founding father, founder, forefather, sire, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   female parent, mother

6. Father, Father-God, Fatherhoodnoun

   God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

   "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"

   Synonyms:
   founding father, founder, forefather, sire, paternity, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   female parent, mother

7. founder, beginner, founding father, fathernoun

   a person who founds or establishes some institution

   "George Washington is the father of his country"

   Synonyms:
   male parent, laminitis, founder, forefather, founding father, novice, initiate, sire, tyro, beginner, don, begetter, tiro

   Antonyms:
   mother, female parent

8. don, fatherverb

   the head of an organized crime family

   Synonyms:
   sire, founding father, founder, forefather, preceptor, beginner, don, begetter, male parent

   Antonyms:
   female parent, mother

9. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forthverb

   make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

   Synonyms:
   take, cause, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, scram, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, go, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, spawn, beat, return, set about, get down, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, fuss, start, arrest, fetch, give, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, generate, breed, capture, find, baffle, produce, start out, pose, vex, aim, perplex, stupefy, gravel, begin, render, commence, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, pay off, bugger off, overprotect, yield, nonplus

   Antonyms:
   mother, female parent

Matched Categories

1. • Christianity
   • Ancestor
   • Hypostasis
   • Leader
   • Originator
   • Parent
   • Priest
   • Theologian
   • Title

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1. fathernoun

   Synonyms:
   male parent

2. fathernoun

   Synonyms:
   ancestor, forefather, progenitor

3. fathernoun

   Synonyms:
   creator, maker, originator, author, inventor

4. fatherverb

   Synonyms:
   adopt

5. fatherverb

   Synonyms:
   assume the authorship of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fathernoun

   Synonyms:
   pater familias, procreator, sire, patriarch, founder, originator, author

   Associated words:
   affiliate, affiliation, filiation, patricide, patricidal, paternalism, parricide, agnate, agnation, patrimony

2. fatherverb

   Synonyms:
   beget, engender, procreate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "father":

   dad, daddy, parent, padre, fathers, père, papa, fassia, pater, ilp, santa, pai, ilps, pop, paternal, isa, pa, sr., fader, priest, eerp, -father, vader

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1. Rev James Bretzke:

   Therefore, I would judge it personally in bad taste and especially manipulative to present it to the Holy Father in a situation like that where it clearly hadn't been cleared ahead of time.

2. Roberta McCain:

   My friends, when I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone, roberta McCain gave us her love of life, her deep interest in the world, her strength and her belief that we're all meant to use our opportunities to make ourselves useful to our country.

3. Bruce Klingner:

   There have been a number of recent rumors about Kim's health. If Kim Jong-un is hospitalized, it would explain why Kim Jong-un wasn't present on the important April 15th celebrations, but, over the years, there have been a number of false health rumors about Kim Jong-un or Kim Jong-un father. We'll have to wait and see.

4. Mike Huckabee:

   I grew up in poverty. I understand what it's like to grow up poor, it's important and so good that the Republican Party has candidates running for president like John Kasich, who's father was a mailman, and my father, who was a bartender, and others who worked for a living and struggled to provide for their families.

5. Arnold Palmer:

   Tiger... I've known Tiger Woods since Tiger Woods was 3 feet high, and Tiger Woods's Tiger Woods, tiger Woods was Tiger Woods with Tiger Woods father instructing Tiger Woods. For me to tell you or tell Tiger what Tiger Woods could do, there's only one thing I can say and that's practice and confidence. Regain the confidence Tiger Woods had when Tiger Woods was starting out and that was what made Tiger Woods what Tiger Woods is and that's the way Tiger Woods'll get it back just regain the confidence and the ability to hit the golf ball.