father

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On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to father, such as: ancestor, dad, parent, predecessor, begetter, and daddy.

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How to use father in a sentence

  • You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.

  • “There is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,” agrees father Javier.

  • There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before father Gaspara bethought himself.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • At this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.

  • He wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • The father had been in sore straits of mind, as month after month had passed without tidings of his "blessed child."

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson

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