fathered

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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Some males fathered more calves than others, but the difference was not as extreme as researchers had expected.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Calva portrays Oscar, a therapist who winds up romantically involved with Firstman’s character, a gay man who learns he fathered a son and now must take care of him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Brockman said when he spoke with Zilis after learning Musk had fathered her twins, "she said that it was via IVF and that it was entirely platonic with Elon."

From BBC • May 5, 2026

He has since fathered five children through a pair of surrogates and anonymous egg donors.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

But before he was freed, he fathered many children, all of them born into slavery, including a daughter named Henrietta Pleasant—the great-aunt of Henrietta Lacks.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot