Antonyms for Parent
ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær-par·ent

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1. parentnoun

   Antonyms:
   child, offspring

   Synonyms:
   progenitor

2. parentnoun

   Synonyms:
   mother

   Antonyms:
   child

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1. • Genitor

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. parentnoun

   a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

   Antonyms:
   kid, child

2. parentverb

   an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

   Antonyms:
   child, kid

3. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parentverb

   bring up

   "raise a family"; "bring up children"

   Antonyms:
   kid, child

   Synonyms:
   kindle, rise, arouse, put forward, leaven, set up, upgrade, boot, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, refer, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, farm, cite, grow, bring up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, advert, promote, nourish, prove, erect, raise, name, call down, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, mention, reboot, evoke, rear, foster, parent, sustain, rise up, enhance

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

1. parentnoun

   Synonyms:
   father, mother, begetter, author, originator, source

   Associated words:
   parental, parricide, foster, filiation, prepotent, prepotency

How to use Parent in a sentence?

1. Alan Faneca:

   To see your own daughter have to learn to walk and learn how to ride a bike multiple times as a parent, its hard.

2. Harley LeBon:

   It is puzzling to me as to why Maryland Child Protective Services continues to accuse these parents of being negligent under a law which seemingly applies to children being left alone in buildings or cars, now it appears Child Protective Services have stretched the law to apply to walking home from a school and to a playground ? I guess the question to consider is,' Is Child Protective Services the state's job to determine whether our children are independent enough to walk to and from the playground or is it the parent's decision ?'.

3. Darby Saxbe:

   Part of becoming a parent is about becoming hypervigilant to potential threats. You become a threat detection machine.

4. Carmen Lopez-Arvizu:

   The parent has to be very aware,that however they transmit this information to the child affects how the child responds to it, the parent has to be calm, manage their stress and their own worries about the transition.

5. Alan Faneca:

   Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, putting your body first, knowing when to say when – when you have to step away, when you know how you’re feeling – and what you need to do when you’re not feeling quite right, to see your own daughter have to learn to walk and learn how to ride a bike multiple times as a parent, its hard.

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