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Synonyms of father

30 similar words · 4 opposite words

Another word for father is papa. Other synonyms of father are dada, ayr and baba. The opposite of father is mother.

Synonyms and similar words for father

nounSomething that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

  • mother and granddaddy

nounMore synonyms

  • ayrFather.
  • baFather, baba.
  • babaA father.
  • da IrelandFather.
  • dadA father, a male parent.
  • dadaFather, dad.
  • daddioA surname from Italian.
  • daddyAlso used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
  • fatherlingA father.
  • old man derogatoryOne's father.
  • paFather, dad, papa.
  • papPa; father.
  • papaDad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  • papa bear colloquialOne's father.
  • papaw
  • pappaw
  • pappyA father.
  • pater formalFather.
  • patriarch
  • paw
  • pawpaw
  • peepawSynonym of papa (“father”).
  • pepaw
  • pop USOne's father or sometimes one's grandfather.
  • poppa USFather, papa.
  • poppy USOne's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.
  • pops USFather, dad.
  • governor archaic, informalSynonym of father.
  • sire obsoleteA father; the head of a family; the husband.

Opposite of father

nounWith regards to gender.

  • motherSomething that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.).

nounWith regards to ancestry.

  • sonThe current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.

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Meaning of father

  1. noun A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
  2. noun A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
  3. noun A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Full definition of father

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Questions about synonyms of father

What is another word for father?
Father has 30 synonyms on Word.ws, such as papa, dada, ayr and baba.
What is the opposite of father?
The opposite of father is mother. Other antonyms of father are son, child and daughter.
What does father mean?
Father means a male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: father (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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