Extraparental

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Beyond the parents. not-comparable

    "Although there have always been multiple demands on the limited time of women and there has always been a need for extraparental care, societies have developed many ways of coping."

Example

More examples

"Although there have always been multiple demands on the limited time of women and there has always been a need for extraparental care, societies have developed many ways of coping."

Etymology

From extra- + parental.

More for "extraparental"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.