father

The word “father” has 2 syllables: fa-ther

It's pronounced as /ˈfɑː.ðɚ/

What is synonym and antonym for father?

In the thesaurus, “father” has 119 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for father along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for father

allah
almighty
ancestor
ancestress
ancestry
antecedents
antecessor
author
bear
beget
begetter
builder
clergyman
cocreator
cofounder
conceive
conceiver
confessor
contriver
create
creator
cure
dad
daddy
deity
designer
developer
deviser
divinity
dream up
ecclesiastic
encourager
engender
establish
establisher
eternal
everlasting
father figure
father image
forbear
forebear
forebearer
forefather
foremother
formulator
found
founder
founding father
galvanizer
gender
generate
generator
get
god
godhead
grandfather
grandmother
grandsire
inaugurator
initiator
innovator
inspiration
inspirer
instituter
institutor
introducer
invent
inventor
jahveh
jehovah
king
lord
maker
matriarch
minister
multiply
old man
organizer
origin
originate
originator
pa
padre
papa
parent
parson
pastor
pater
paterfamilias
patriarch
pioneer
pop
poppa
preacher
predecessor
primogenitor
procreate
procreator
produce
producer
progenitor
promoter
propagate
providence
reproduce
researcher
researchist
reverend
roots
sire
source
sow the seeds of
spawn
spawner
stepfather
supreme being
trigger
yahveh
yahweh

Antonyms for father

children
daughter
descendant
descendent
destroy
disciple
effect
end
family
finish
follower
halt
heir
inheritor
issue
kill
lineage
mother
offspring
posterity
progeny
pupil
result
ruin
scion
seed
son
stock
stop
student
successor
supporter

Meanings of father

noun
1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
6. The founder of a discipline or science.
7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
8. Something inanimate that begets.
9. A senator of Ancient Rome.
verb
1. To be a father to; to sire.
2. To give rise to.
3. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
4. To provide with a father.
5. To adopt as one's own.

Example Sentences

His father taught him how to ride a bicycle.
She gave her father a handmade gift for his birthday.
The father of the bride walked her down the aisle.
He missed his father who was away on a business trip.
The story is about a son trying to reconnect with his father.

On this page you'll find 151 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to father, such as: allah, almighty, ancestor, ancestress, ancestry, antecedents, antecessor.

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