Definitions

father

[fah-ther] / ˈfɑ ðər /

NOUN

male person who begets children

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ancestor dad parent predecessor

STRONG

begetter daddy origin pa padre papa pop progenitor sire source

WEAK

forebearer procreator

Antonyms

STRONGEST

descendant

STRONG

effect end result

WEAK

mother

NOUN

priest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

minister

STRONG

clergyman confessor ecclesiastic padre parson pastor preacher reverend

WEAK

abbé cure curé

Antonyms

WEAK

mother

VERB

sire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conceive

STRONG

beget create engender establish found generate invent originate procreate produce spawn trigger

WEAK

dream up sow the seeds of

Antonyms

STRONG

destroy end finish halt kill result ruin stop

WEAK

mother

Example Sentences

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When Donald Trump was 13, his father caught him with a hidden cache of switchblades.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Koizumi's father, Junichiro Koizumi, issued several apologies when he was prime minister.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He recalled his son often halting farm work to launch a drone or chase a better shot, to the frustration of his task-oriented brother and father.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Fred Trump, according to Tony Schwartz, who ghostwrote the president’s book “The Art of the Deal,” was “a very brutal guy” — a martinet of a father who shipped his son off to military school.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

It takes Theo a moment to realize that my father is speaking to him now.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

father

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