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

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 use parent in a sentence?

1. British Journalist Katie Hopkins:

   Every fat child has a fat parent.

2. Steve Maraboli:

   Change is the parent of progress."

3. William Ellery Channing:

   True love is the parent of humility.

4. Justice Department attorney Sarah Fabian:

   If we're not aware of where the parent is.

5. Aristotle:

   Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

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