Synonyms for parent
ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær-

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. parent(noun)

   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. parent(verb)

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

   Antonyms:
   child, kid

3. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent(verb)

   bring up

   "raise a family"; "bring up children"

   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, sustain, rise up, enhance

   Antonyms:
   kid, child

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. parent(noun)

   Synonyms:
   progenitor

   Antonyms:
   child, offspring

2. parent(noun)

   Synonyms:
   mother

   Antonyms:
   child

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. parent(n)

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

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   parents, mother, father, parental, relative, matrix, mothers, matrices, array, mom, primary, padre, main, trusteeship, parenting, progenitor, guardianship, principal, fathers, relatives, kin

How to pronounce parent?

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US English

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British

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use parent in a sentence?

1. Gideon McKean:

   As Gabriella and Toby lay sleeping next to me last night, I promised them that I would do my best to be the parent that Maeve was, and to be the person that Gideon clearly would have grown up to be.

2. Elizabeth Gaskell:

   A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

3. Mark Mahone:

   These studies now that are coming out really highlight the importance of nighttime sleep, i still wonder if the average parent knows how important a full consolidated nighttime sleep schedule is.

4. 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 ?'.

5. Ho Sau Mei:

   Kam Fat Mahjong shop contains my childhood memories -- I grew up here, my parent raised me to do this job, so I have a very strong connection with mahjong.

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