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Synonyms for father
ˈfɑ ðər

This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term father.

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father, male parent, begetter(noun)
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
forefather, father, sire(noun)
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
Father, Padre(noun)
`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
Church Father, Father of the Church, Father(noun)
(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
father(noun)
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
Father, Father-God, Fatherhood(noun)
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
founder, beginner, founding father, father(noun)
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
don, father(verb)
the head of an organized crime family
Synonyms:
sire, founding father, founder, forefather, preceptor, beginner, don, begetter, male parent
Antonyms:
female parent, mother
beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth(verb)
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

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father(noun)
Antonyms:
child, son, daughter, mother
father(noun)
God, the father of Creation
My father was a strong influence on me.
Antonyms:
son, child, mother, daughter
father(noun)
A title given to priests.
Father Thomas was a good priest.
Antonyms:
mother, daughter, son, child
father(noun)
One's father
I will only do what Father asks.
Antonyms:
mother, child, son, daughter
father(noun)
One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Master and Sage and representing a man; younger than a Sage and older than a Master
Antonyms:
child, son, mother, daughter
father(noun)
Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.
Antonyms:
mother, child, son, daughter