Synonyms for
fathers
A male parent, especially of a human
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No Synonyms Found for Fathers

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All Definitions for Fathers

Below are all the dictionary definitions of fathers:

1A male parent, especially of a human
2A male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
3A male who has sired a baby
4This person in relation to his child or children.
5A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
6A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
7A term of respectful address for a priest.
8A male ancestor more remote than a parent
9A progenitor
10Especially, a first ancestor.
11A pioneering figure in a particular field.
12Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
13To be a father to
14To sire.
15To act as a father
16To support and nurture.
17To provide with a father.
18To adopt as one's own.
19To give rise to.
20A member of a church council.
21The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
22Something inanimate that begets.
23One's father.
24God, the father of Creation.
25God the Father, who eternally begets the Son.
26A title given to priests.
27One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.
28A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.
29One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.
30A senator of Ancient Rome.

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Common synonyms for fathers. These words share similar meanings and can often be used interchangeably depending on context.

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About synonyms for fathers

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