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coparent

coparent is the alternative form of co-parent.

Meaning of co-parent

Noun

co-parent (plural co-parents)

  1. Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as
    • teacher's roles need to be as co-parents2006, Richard S. Kitchen, Sylvia Celedon-pattichis, Julie Depree, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, Mathematics education at highly effective schools that serve the poor, page 144
  2. A godparent.
  3. A divorced or separated parent who shares custody with the other parent.
    • I used to challenge my parents on every album / Now I'm embarrassed to tell 'em I ended up as a co-parent2018, “March 14”, in Scorpion, performed by Drake
  4. A parent in a same-sex couple.
  5. A parent in a platonic friendship with the other parent.

See all 6 meanings of co-parent

Forms of coparent

Noun
pluralcoparents
Verb
third-person singular presentcoparents
present participlecoparenting
past participlecoparented
pastcoparented

Questions about coparent

What is coparent the alternative form of?
Coparent is the alternative form of co-parent.

Words near coparent in the dictionary

  1. coparcenary
  2. coparcener
  3. coparceners
  4. coparcenies
  5. coparceny
  6. coparent
  7. coparental
  8. coparented
  9. coparenting
  10. coparents
  11. coparsite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coparent (page history and authors); co-parent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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