Thesaurus / pa
FEEDBACK- ancestor
- dad
- parent
- predecessor
- begetter
- daddy
- origin
- padre
- papa
- pop
- progenitor
- sire
- source
- forebearer
- procreator
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How to use pa in a sentence
Pa says if your folks had so many children as he has and some of 'em got away he wouldn't offer no reward for 'em, he wouldn't.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDMa she says there's consid'able difference in their ways, though; 'cause Seth he works, constant, an' pa he never does a stroke.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND"Pa" is somewhat proud of his boy, and Charles was of course elaborately gotten up for so great an occasion.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSPa Babcock affirmed the tale and declared that this was why he had left off working on the haunted farm.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDAnd then you go to your pa and tell him the deacon wants to make up, and begs his pardon out and out.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDPa's got a few buckshot in him; but he don't mind it 'cuz he don't weigh much, anyway.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)Her great arms vent veeling about like a vinmill, as she cuffed and thumped poor Mary for taking her pa's part.
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSHWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYShe tor down the street, and never stopped till she came to her pa's house at Pentonwill.
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSHWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYHis exlent pa went on, warming as he continued to speak, and drinking a fresh glas at evry full stop.
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSHWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYMaster rose the nex morning with a dismal countinants—he seamed to think that his pa's visit boded him no good.
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSHWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWORDS RELATED TO PA
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.