Father
nnoun.persona male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)Synset:begetter male parent
Examples:- his father was born in Atlanta
Antonyms:motherfemale parent
Derivationally Related Form:fatherlyfatherbeget
Hypernyms:parent
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherparentgenitorprogenitorancestorrelativepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherparentgenitorprogenitorancestorrelativepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:daddadadaddyfather-in-lawold manpapapapappapaterpop
Full Hyponyms:dadfather-in-lawold manpater
nnoun.personthe founder of a familySynset:forefather sire
Examples:- keep the faith of our forefathers
Derivationally Related Form:sire
Hypernyms:ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent root
Inherited Hypernyms:forefatherancestorrelativepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:forefatherancestorrelativepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:patriarch
Full Hyponyms:antediluvianjacobpatriarchsimeon
nnoun.person'Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); 'Padre' is frequently used in the militarySynset:Father Padre
Hypernyms:priest form of address title title of respect
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherpriestclergymanspiritual leaderleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherpriestclergymanspiritual leaderleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherpriestholy orderstatusstateattributeabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fathertitleappellationnamelanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.person(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John ChrysostomTopic:Christian religionChristianity
Synset:Church Father Father Father of the Church
Hypernyms:theologian theologiser theologist theologizer
Inherited Hypernyms:church fathertheologianscholarintellectualpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:church fathertheologianscholarintellectualpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Instance Hyponyms:Ambrose Saint Ambrose St. Ambrose Athanasius Athanasius the Great Saint Athanasius St. Athanasius Augustine Augustine of Hippo Saint Augustine St. Augustine Basil Basil of Caesarea Basil the Great St. Basil St. Basil the Great Gregory Gregory Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzen St. Gregory of Nazianzen Irenaeus Saint Irenaeus St. Irenaeus Eusebius Hieronymus Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus Hieronymus Jerome Saint Jerome St. Jerome John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom
nnoun.persona person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organizationExamples:- the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
- the city fathers endorsed the proposal
Hypernyms:leader
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personGod when considered as the first person in the TrinitySynset:Father Father-God Fatherhood
Examples:- hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
Instance Hypernyms:hypostasis hypostasis of Christ
Inherited Hypernyms:fatherhypostasisgodheadgodspiritual beingbeliefcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.persona person who founds or establishes some institutionSynset:beginner founder founding father
Examples:- George Washington is the father of his country
Derivationally Related Form:beginfound
Hypernyms:conceiver mastermind originator
Inherited Hypernyms:founderoriginatorcreatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:founderoriginatorcreatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:cofoundercolonisercolonizerfoundress
Full Hyponyms:cofoundercolonizerfoundress
nnoun.personthe head of an organized crime familySynset:don
Hypernyms:chief head top dog
Inherited Hypernyms:donheadleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:donheadleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.bodymake (offspring) by reproductionSynset:beget bring forth engender generate get mother sire
Examples:- Abraham begot Isaac
- John fathered four daughters
Derivationally Related Form:mothergenerativegenerationbegettersirefather
Hypernyms:create make
Inherited Hypernyms:begetmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody