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:
   father, 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:
   father, 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, father, 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, father, 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, father, 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. Terry Bowden:

   I couldn’t have asked for a better personal mentor than my father, he was a wonderful husband and father, who relied on his strong Christian faith to provide the foundation for his life. I also was fortunate to be raised by a football coach who had a reputation for coaching the right way his entire career. He was admired by everyone who played for him or coached against him. As a family, we will embrace all of those wonderful memories and celebrate a life well lived.

2. Stewart Perry:

   The woman sitting directly behind us touched me on the shoulder and asked if I was the father of the soldier killed in Afghanistan.

3. Christina Pacala:

   Riley is a smart, happy, and very energetic child, she loves playing with blocks and baby dolls, listening to music, and signing bedtime stories with her father each night.We're excited to be able to share our journey, and hope to help people understand that deaf kids can do absolutely anything.

4. President Donald Trump:

   If my father travels, they stay at President Donald Trump properties for free... So everywhere that he goes, if he stays at one of his places, the government actually spends, meaning it saves a fortune, because if they were to go to a hotel across the street, they'd be charging them $ 500 bucks a night, whereas, you know we charge them, like $ 50 bucks.

5. Bobby Kennedy:

   I went there because I was curious and disturbed by what I had seen in the evidence, i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father. My father was the chief law enforcement officer in this country.