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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How to use father in a sentence?

1. James Purcell:

   Our hearts reach out to all those victimized by violence and atrocious behavior by governments such as Russia. I continually look to my role as a father, grandfather and now great-grandfather to experience the type of love that keeps giving — and I continuously pray that I can extend that same love to all those victimized around the world for as long as possible.

2. Said Wright:

   I’ve been taking care of my father with dementia and things just got a little tough, so I decided to set out on a kayak trip, packed up the kayak with my fishing rods, cooler, fishing net and set off from Fort Pierce.

3. Jeffrey Lichtman:

   Sometimes it gets lost on the audience that we're talking about a kid who was 14 years old when this started -- whose brain wasn't fully developed, every role model, every male relative on his father's side was in jail or just got out of jail. This is the normal for Rashaun Weaver.

4. Ultrarunner Jason Romero:

   For me just as a person, it is so inspiring to see what Sage is doing, but as his father, I am so proud I am practically bouncing out of my skin.

5. Joe Jackson:

   He says,' Call my father.' This was before he passed. ' He would know how to get me out of this,' but they didn't get in touch with me. They said they couldn't find me, but I was right there.