father
[noun]
Synonyms:
- daddy (informal), dad (informal), old man (informal), pa (informal), papa (old-fashioned informal), pater, pop (informal)
- forefather, ancestor, forebear, predecessor, progenitor
- founder, architect, author, creator, inventor, maker, originator, prime mover
- priest, padre (informal), pastor
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sire, beget, get, procreate

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Contrasted words: disciple, follower
Related Words: builder, encourager, motor, mover, organizer, prime mover, producer, promoter, promulgator, supporter, inaugurator, initiator, introducer, engender, generate, ingenerate, spawn

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English Thesaurus: father, dad, daddy, pop, papa, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. fa‧ther¹ S1 W1 /ˈfɑːðə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: fæder]

1. PARENT a male parent:
Ask your father to help you.
Andrew was very excited about becoming a father.
He’s been like a father to me.
a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children)
The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured.
Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl.

2. PRIEST Father a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church:
I have sinned, Father.
Father Devlin ⇒ Holy Father

3. fathers [plural] people related to you who lived a long time ago Synonym : ancestors:
Our fathers were exiles from their native land. ⇒ forefather

4. GOD Father a way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion:
our Heavenly Father

5. the father of something the man who was responsible for starting something:
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.

6. from father to son if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents:
This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son.

7. like father like son used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad

8. a bit of how’s your father British English informal the act of having sex – used humorously
⇒ city fathers, founding father

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. father² verb [transitive]

1. to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant:
Hodgkins fathered seven children.

2. formal to start an important new idea or system:
Bevan fathered the concept of the National Health Service.
father something on somebody phrasal verb British English
formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not:
A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

father
noun
ADJ. lone, single As a single father, he found it a struggle bringing up three children.
widowed | absent | biological, natural, real | adoptive, foster, step- | surrogate Elena's brother was a surrogate father to her kids after her husband died.
elderly, old | dead, deceased, late | caring, devoted, good, loving, marvellous He is very good with children and would make a marvellous father.
adoring, doting, indulgent | beloved She kept the books that had belonged to her beloved father.
proud He has just become the proud father of a baby girl.
domineering, overbearing, possessive | drunken, violent | doctor, engineer, immigrant, etc. Their musician father encouraged their love of music.
VERB + FATHER resemble, take after The two boys were like their mother in character, but Louise took after her father.
follow, succeed She followed her father into the legal profession. He succeeded his father as Professor of Botany.
inherit sth from She inherited the urge to travel from her father.
FATHER + NOUN figure Some of his students regard him as a father figure.
PHRASES a father of two, etc. Boland, a father of two, was arrested on charges of theft.
follow in your father's footsteps He followed in his father's footsteps and became a motor mechanic.
the death/loss of your father

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

father a male parent:
My father’s a doctor.
He’s a father of three.
dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father:
Can I borrow your car, Dad?
Her dad retired ten years ago.
My dad was in the army.
daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children:
Where’s your daddy?
Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
pop American English informal (also pa old-fashioned) used when talking to your father, or about someone's father:
I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.
Can I help, Pa?
He is in New York with his Pop's credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.
papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father:
Papa had forbidden me to go.
She saw her papa 's face change at this news.
sb’s old man informal someone's father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful:
His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.
stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent:
Her stepfather is really nice.

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put to move something to a particular place:
I’ve put the wine in the fridge.
Where have you put my grey shirt?
place to put something somewhere carefully:
‘It’s beautiful,’ he said, placing it back on the shelf.
lay to put someone or something down carefully on a flat surface:
He laid all the money on the table.
She laid the baby on his bed.
position to carefully put something in a suitable position:
Position the microphone to suit your height.
Troops were positioned around the city.
slip to put something somewhere with a quick movement:
He slipped his arm around her waist.
Carrie quickly slipped the money into her bag.
shove to put something into a space or container quickly or carelessly:
Shove anything you don’t want in that sack.
I’ve ironed those shirts so don’t just shove them in a drawer.
stick (also bung British English) informal to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly:
I stuck the address in my pocket and I can’t find it now.
Could you bung those clothes in the washing machine?
dump to put something down somewhere in a careless and untidy way:
Don’t just dump all your bags in the kitchen.
People shouldn’t dump rubbish at the side of the street.
pop informal to quickly put something somewhere, usually for a short time:
Pop it in the microwave for a minute.
thrust literary to put something somewhere suddenly or forcefully:
‘Hide it,’ he said, thrusting the watch into her hand.
father a male parent:
My father’s a doctor.
He’s a father of three.
dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father:
Can I borrow your car, Dad?
Her dad retired ten years ago.
My dad was in the army.
daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children:
Where’s your daddy?
Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father:
Papa had forbidden me to go.
She saw her papa 's face change at this news.
sb’s old man informal someone's father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful:
His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.
stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent:
Her stepfather is really nice.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

father
ˈfɑ:ðə
See: like father , like son

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