Thesaurus:father
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sense: male who sires a child[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- ayr (Isle of Man)
- ba
- baba
- da (Ireland)
- dad
- dada
- daddio
- daddy (childish)
- father
- Father
- fatherling (diminutive, affectionate)
- old man [⇒ thesaurus] (somewhat derogatory)
- pa
- pap
- papa
- papaw
- pappaw
- pappy
- Pappy
- pater (formal)
- patriarch
- paw
- pawpaw
- peepaw
- pepaw
- pop (US)
- poppa (US)
- poppy (US)
- pops (US, potentially derogatory)
- sire (obsolete)
Antonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
Various[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “166. paternity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “father” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.