father
1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) (Freq. 72) - his father was born in Atlanta • Syn: male parent, begetter • Ant: female parent (for: male parent), mother • Derivationally related forms: beget (for: begetter), fatherly • Hypernyms: parent • Hyponyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop, father-in-law, old man, pater 2. the founder of a family (Freq. 2) - keep the faith of our forefathers • Syn: forefather, sire • Derivationally related forms: sire (for: sire) • Hypernyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root • Hyponyms: patriarch 3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization (Freq. 1) - the tennis fathers ruled in her favor - the city fathers endorsed the proposal • Hypernyms: leader 4. a person who founds or establishes some institution - George Washington is the father of his country • Syn: founder, beginner, founding father • Derivationally related forms: begin (for: beginner), found (for: founder) • Hypernyms: originator, conceiver, mastermind • Hyponyms: cofounder, colonizer, coloniser, foundress 5. the head of an organized crime family • Syn: don • Hypernyms: head, chief, top dog
make children (Freq. 2) - Abraham begot Isaac - Men often father children but don't recognize them • Syn: beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth • Derivationally related forms: generative (for: generate), generation (for: generate), sire (for: sire), mother (for: mother), begetter (for: beget) • Hypernyms: make, create • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody
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