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?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use parent in a sentence?

1. Joseph Burgo:

   It's often a parent who feels that he or she has not achieved what she wanted in her own life, what (on) some level feels like a failure.

2. Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree:

   No parent wants to bury their child before them. And here we are on Mothers' Day. It's a tragedy for all America.

3. Wendy Young:

   The normal rule is that with these unaccompanied kids, if they don't have a relative that they can be released to, if they didn't arrive with a parent, then they are placed into federal foster care.

4. Alexandra Hamlet:

   A kid might think,' If a parent is posting things without my consent, can I trust them with secrets or things I'm proud of ?'.

5. Donald Trump:

   You may have great ideas about what it means to be a parent, but you have no idea what it means to bear the responsibility once you have children. This is the same situation.

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