What is another word for father

  • ancestor
  • dad
  • parent
  • predecessor
  • begetter
  • daddy
  • origin
  • pa
  • padre
  • papa
  • pop
  • progenitor
  • sire
  • source
  • forebearer
  • procreator

  • minister
  • clergyman
  • confessor
  • ecclesiastic
  • padre
  • parson
  • pastor
  • preacher
  • reverend
  • abbé
  • cure
  • curé
  • conceive
  • beget
  • create
  • engender
  • establish
  • found
  • generate
  • invent
  • originate
  • procreate
  • produce
  • spawn
  • trigger
  • dream up
  • sow the seeds of
  • mother
  • destroy
  • end
  • finish
  • halt
  • kill
  • result
  • ruin
  • stop
  • mother

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There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

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SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

  • antecedent
  • ascendent
  • father
  • forbear
  • forefather
  • foregoer
  • foremother
  • mother
  • parent
  • predecessor
  • progenitor

  • afford
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring about
  • cause
  • effect
  • engender
  • father
  • generate
  • get
  • give rise to
  • multiply
  • occasion
  • procreate
  • produce
  • progenerate
  • propagate
  • reproduce
  • result in
  • sire

  • afford
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring about
  • cause
  • effect
  • engender
  • father
  • generate
  • get
  • give rise to
  • multiply
  • occasion
  • procreate
  • produce
  • progenerate
  • propagate
  • reproduce
  • result in
  • sire

  • biological father
  • biological mother
  • birth father
  • birth mother
  • birth parent
  • father
  • mother
  • natural parent

  • biological father
  • biological mother
  • birth father
  • birth mother
  • father
  • mother
  • natural parent

  • attend
  • baby sit
  • father
  • keep an eye on
  • keep tabs on
  • look after
  • mind
  • mind the store
  • minister
  • mother
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • pay attention to
  • protect
  • provide for
  • ride herd on
  • take pains
  • tend
  • wait on
  • watch
  • watch over

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What is another word for father

  • old man
  • papa
  • parent
  • daddy
  • pa
  • pop
  • pappy

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SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

  • ancestor
  • begetter
  • dad
  • daddy
  • forebearer
  • origin
  • pa
  • padre
  • papa
  • parent
  • pop
  • predecessor
  • procreator
  • progenitor
  • sire
  • source

  • aristocrat
  • baron
  • bishop
  • captain
  • commandant
  • commander
  • count
  • dad
  • don
  • duke
  • earl
  • governor
  • king
  • leader
  • liege
  • magnate
  • man upstairs
  • marquis
  • monarch
  • nobility
  • noble
  • nobleman
  • old man
  • overlord
  • parliamentarian
  • patrician
  • peer
  • potentate
  • prince
  • royalty
  • ruler
  • seigneur
  • sovereign
  • superior
  • viscount

  • boyfriend
  • dad
  • male parent
  • male spouse
  • parent

  • dad
  • daddy
  • pa
  • pop

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What are the other names of father?

father.
daddy,.
old man,.
(also poppa),.
pater..
[chiefly British],.

What is the informal word of father?

Dad is an informal word for father.