Antonyms for paternal
pəˈtɜr nlpa·ter·nal

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1. paternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   maternal

2. paternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   maternal

3. paternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   maternal

4. paternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   maternal

5. paternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   maternal

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. paternal

   Antonyms:
   unfatherly, careless, rough, harsh

   Synonyms:
   fatherly, careful, tender, hereditary

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1. paternaladjective

   belonging to or inherited from one's father

   "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"

   Antonyms:
   maternalistic, maternal, motherly, motherlike, unrelated

   Synonyms:
   agnatic, parental, maternal, agnate

2. paternaladjective

   characteristic of a father

   Antonyms:
   motherly, motherlike, maternalistic, unrelated, maternal

   Synonyms:
   agnatic, parental, maternal, agnate

3. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

   Antonyms:
   motherlike, maternalistic, maternal, motherly, unrelated

   Synonyms:
   enate, agnatic, parental, maternal(p), agnate, enatic, maternal

4. agnate, agnatic, paternaladjective

   related on the father's side

   "a paternal aunt"

   Antonyms:
   maternal, motherly, motherlike, unrelated, maternalistic

   Synonyms:
   agnatic, maternal, parental, agnate

How to use paternal in a sentence?

1. Joanna Kitlinska:

   Up to 75 percent of children with FASD have biological fathers who are alcoholics, suggesting that preconceptual paternal alcohol consumption negatively impacts their offspring.

2. Thomas Babington Macaulay:

   Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

3. Amora Vidal:

   The baby's paternal grandmother, Amora Vidal, told the Daily News Amora was just learning to crawl. She was my love, she was my first grandbaby. It just hurts so much. I still ca n’t believe it.

4. Shadiah Sigala:

   I wanted to offer a more competitive paternal policy so we could continue to attract the best talent, we want to be on the progressive end of the spectrum because we think it’s important to change the conversation within the industry and to treat our employee well.

5. Leo Terrell:

   She has damaged her chances for future custodial rights, she disobeyed a court order to return the children. A writ of habeas corpus was filed by the ex-husband and granted by a New York Court ordering her to turn over the children to the paternal grandmother. Kelly received bad legal advice to defy the court order.

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