Parent

/ˈpɛəɹənt/

Synonyms for "parent" (96 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (20)

agent ancestor ancestorial ancestral ancestress author begetter beginner catalyst causer create creator

Noun(7 words)

ancestor ancestral beget breeders care connectcontrolling entity

Verb(1 words)

bring up

Strong matches (28)

Noun(10 words)

dads emancipatorsend userfamilial father fathers guardianholding companylineal link

effector engenderer father fatherlike fatherly generate generator grandfatherly grandmotherly grandparent grandparental guardian hatch inspirer instigator make maker mater

Related words (48)

materfamilias maternal mother motherlike motherly mover origin originate originator parental pater paterfamilias paternal patriarchalprime moverprimum mobileprocreate procreator produce producer

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progenitor progenitress progenitrix relative root sire source spawn stepfather stepmother

Noun(15 words)

mom moms mother mothers mummies nurtureowning companyparent companyparent corporationparent nodeprogenitor raise reproducer root sire

Verb(3 words)

nurture raise rear

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

18 entries

being care caregiving childrearing corporationdescriptive termfamily membergenitorgive carekin modifier node organism organization procreation qualifier

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

21 entries

ancestor linkancestral begetcontrolling companycorporate groupdiscipline educate familial father guideholding companyinternal nodematernal mother nurtureparent corporation

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Collocations

14 entries

biological parentparent cellparent child relationshipparent companyparent directoryparent languageparent materialparent nodeparent organizationparental guidanceparenting practicesparenting responsibilitiesparenting stylesingle parent

Inflections

7 entries

more parent-relatedmore parentlikemost parent-relatedmost parentlikeparented parenting parents

Derivations

10 entries

parentage parental parentally parented parenthood parenting parentless parentlike parents reparent

Antonyms

1 entries

child

Translations

220 translations across 115 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

абхша noun (person from whom one is descended)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐔾 noun (person from whom one is descended)

Albanian

1 entries

prind noun (person from whom one is descended)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

γονεύς noun (person from whom one is descended)

Arabic

4 entries

اهل noun (person from whom one is descended)
وَالِد noun (person from whom one is descended)
وَالِدَان noun (person from whom one is descended)
وَالِدَة noun (person from whom one is descended)

Aramaic

2 entries

ܝܠܘܕܐ noun (person from whom one is descended)
ܝܠܘܕܬܐ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Armenian

2 entries

ծնող noun (person from whom one is descended)
ծնող noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Aromanian

4 entries

printe noun (person from whom one is descended)
printi noun (person from whom one is descended)
pãrinte noun (person from whom one is descended)
pãrinti noun (person from whom one is descended)

Avar

2 entries

эбел noun (person from whom one is descended)
эмен noun (person from whom one is descended)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

ana-ata noun (person from whom one is descended)
ata-ana noun (person from whom one is descended)
valideyn noun (person from whom one is descended)
valideyn noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Bashkir

1 entries

ата-әсә noun (person from whom one is descended)

Basque

1 entries

guraso noun (person from whom one is descended)

Belarusian

3 entries

ба́цька noun (person from whom one is descended)
радзі́цель noun (person from whom one is descended)
радзі́целька noun (person from whom one is descended)

Bengali

1 entries

পিতামাতা noun (person from whom one is descended)

Bikol Central

1 entries

magurang noun (person from whom one is descended)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

indung noun (person from whom one is descended)

Bulgarian

4 entries

насто́йник noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
опеку́н noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
роди́тел noun (person from whom one is descended)
роди́телка noun (person from whom one is descended)

Burmese

1 entries

မိဘ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Catalan

3 entries

genitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
pares noun (person from whom one is descended)
progenitor noun (person from whom one is descended)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

父母 noun (person from whom one is descended)
親 /亲 noun (person from whom one is descended)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

家長 /家长 noun (person from whom one is descended)
父母 noun (person from whom one is descended)
監護人 /监护人 noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
親 /亲 noun (person from whom one is descended)

Church Slavic

1 entries

родител҄ь noun (person from whom one is descended)

Czech

3 entries

poručníce noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
poručník noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
rodič noun (person from whom one is descended)

Danish

1 entries

forælder noun (person from whom one is descended)

Dutch

2 entries

ouder noun (person from whom one is descended)
ouder noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Ese

1 entries

ohoma noun (person from whom one is descended)

Esperanto

2 entries

gepatro noun (person from whom one is descended)
patro noun (person from whom one is descended)

Estonian

1 entries

vanem noun (person from whom one is descended)

Finnish

3 entries

ottovanhempi noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
vanhempi noun (person from whom one is descended)
vanhempi noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

French

3 entries

géniteur noun (person from whom one is descended)
génitrice noun (person from whom one is descended)
parent noun (person from whom one is descended)

Friulian

1 entries

genitôr noun (person from whom one is descended)

Galician

1 entries

pai noun (person from whom one is descended)

Georgian

2 entries

მშობელი noun (person from whom one is descended)
მშობელი noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

German

4 entries

Elter noun (person from whom one is descended)
Eltern noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
Elternteil noun (person from whom one is descended)
Elternteil noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌾𐍉𐍃 noun (person from whom one is descended)
𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 noun (person from whom one is descended)

Greek

3 entries

γεννήτορας noun (person from whom one is descended)
γονέας noun (person from whom one is descended)
γονέας noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Greenlandic

1 entries

angajoqqaaq noun (person from whom one is descended)

Hawaiian

1 entries

makua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Hebrew

1 entries

הוֹרֶה noun (person from whom one is descended)

Hindi

3 entries

अभिभावक noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
माँ-बाप noun (person from whom one is descended)
माता-पिता noun (person from whom one is descended)

Hungarian

1 entries

szülő noun (person from whom one is descended)

Icelandic

1 entries

foreldri noun (person from whom one is descended)

Ido

1 entries

genitoro noun (person from whom one is descended)

Interlingua

2 entries

genitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
parente noun (person from whom one is descended)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

مَنْبَع noun (person from whom one is descended)
والِدِیْن noun (person from whom one is descended)

Irish

2 entries

tuismitheoir noun (person from whom one is descended)
tuismitheoir noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Italian

2 entries

genitore noun (person from whom one is descended)
genitrice noun (person from whom one is descended)

Japanese

4 entries

保護者 noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
父母 noun (person from whom one is descended)
親 noun (person from whom one is descended)
養父母 noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Kapampangan

2 entries

pengari noun (person from whom one is descended)
pengari noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Kashmiri

1 entries

مول موج noun (person from whom one is descended)

Khmer

3 entries

ម្ដាយ noun (person from whom one is descended)
ឪពុក noun (person from whom one is descended)
ឪពុកម្ដាយ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Kikuyu

1 entries

mũciari noun (person from whom one is descended)

Korean

4 entries

보호자 noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
부모 noun (person from whom one is descended)
부모님 noun (person from whom one is descended)
어버이 noun (person from whom one is descended)

Ladino

1 entries

jenitor noun (person from whom one is descended)

Lao

1 entries

ພໍ່ແມ່ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Latgalian

3 entries

dzymdynuotuoji noun (person from whom one is descended)
muote noun (person from whom one is descended)
tāvs noun (person from whom one is descended)

Latin

2 entries

genitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
parēns noun (person from whom one is descended)

Latvian

3 entries

māte noun (person from whom one is descended)
tēvs noun (person from whom one is descended)
vecāki noun (person from whom one is descended)

Lithuanian

4 entries

globėjas noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
patėvis noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
rūpintojas noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
tėvai noun (person from whom one is descended)

Livonian

1 entries

vanbizt noun (person from whom one is descended)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries

paren noun (person from whom one is descended)

Low German

1 entries

Öllern noun (person from whom one is descended)

Luhya

1 entries

omsasi noun (person from whom one is descended)

Lutuv

1 entries

nungpaa noun (person from whom one is descended)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Elteren noun (person from whom one is descended)

Macedonian

2 entries

родител noun (person from whom one is descended)
родителка noun (person from whom one is descended)

Malay

2 entries

emak ayah noun (person from whom one is descended)
ibu bapa noun (person from whom one is descended)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᠮᠠ ᡝᠮᡝ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Māori

1 entries

matua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Niuean

1 entries

motua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Norman

2 entries

parent noun (person from whom one is descended)
pathent noun (person from whom one is descended)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

dêbav noun (person from whom one is descended)

Northern Sami

2 entries

váhnen noun (person from whom one is descended)
vánhen noun (person from whom one is descended)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

forelder noun (person from whom one is descended)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

forelder noun (person from whom one is descended)

Old English

2 entries

ieldra noun (person from whom one is descended)
ieldra noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Old Norse

1 entries

forellri noun (person from whom one is descended)

Old Occitan

1 entries

parent noun (person from whom one is descended)

Polish

3 entries

opiekun noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
opiekunka noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
rodzic noun (person from whom one is descended)

Portuguese

3 entries

genitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
pai noun (person from whom one is descended)
pai noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

matu'a noun (person from whom one is descended)

Rarotongan

1 entries

matua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Romanian

1 entries

părinte noun (person from whom one is descended)

Romansch

1 entries

genitur noun (person from whom one is descended)

Russian

4 entries

опеку́н noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
попечи́тель noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
попечи́тельница noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
пре́док noun (person from whom one is descended)

Samoan

1 entries

matua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

pàrant noun (person from whom one is descended)
pàrant noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

roditèljica noun (person from whom one is descended)
ròditelj noun (person from whom one is descended)
ро̀дитељ noun (person from whom one is descended)
родитѐљица noun (person from whom one is descended)

Sicilian

1 entries

ginituri noun (person from whom one is descended)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මව්පිය noun (person from whom one is descended)

Slovak

1 entries

rodič noun (person from whom one is descended)

Slovene

2 entries

roditelj noun (person from whom one is descended)
starš noun (person from whom one is descended)

Somali

1 entries

waalid noun (person from whom one is descended)

South Marquesan

1 entries

motua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Spanish

4 entries

madre noun (person from whom one is descended)
padre noun (person from whom one is descended)
progenitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
xadre noun (person from whom one is descended)

Swahili

1 entries

mzazi noun (person from whom one is descended)

Swedish

2 entries

förälder noun (person from whom one is descended)
förälder noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Tagalog

2 entries

magulang noun (person from whom one is descended)
magulang noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Tahitian

1 entries

metua noun (person from whom one is descended)

Tetum

1 entries

aman noun (person from whom one is descended)

Thai

1 entries

พ่อแม่ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཕ་མ noun (person from whom one is descended)

Tok Pisin

2 entries

papamama noun (person from whom one is descended)
papamama noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Tongan

2 entries

motuʻa noun (person from whom one is descended)
mātuʻa noun (person from whom one is descended)

Tswana

1 entries

motsadi (1/2) noun (person from whom one is descended)

Turkish

4 entries

anne-baba noun (person from whom one is descended)
ebeveyn noun (person from whom one is descended)
ebeveyn noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
veli noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)

Tuvan

1 entries

ада-ие noun (person from whom one is descended)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ба́тько noun (person from whom one is descended)
батьки́ noun (person from whom one is descended)
роди́тель noun (person from whom one is descended)
роди́телька noun (person from whom one is descended)

Urdu

4 entries

ماں باپ noun (person from whom one is descended)
والِد noun (person from whom one is descended)
والِدَہ noun (person from whom one is descended)
والِدَین noun (person from whom one is descended)

Vietnamese

1 entries

phụ huynh noun (person from whom one is descended)

Volapük

4 entries

daoptan noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
hidaoptan noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
hikälan noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
hipal noun (person from whom one is descended)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

kag-anak noun (person from whom one is descended)

Welsh

2 entries

rhiant noun (person from whom one is descended)
rhieni noun (person from whom one is descended)

Winnebago

1 entries

xʼooke noun (person from whom one is descended)

Zande

1 entries

gume noun (person from whom one is descended)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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"Let me ask you something, Dad," she began, in a tone of patiently controlled exasperation that every experienced parent is familiar with.

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A parent or teacher should bring home to children the pleasure of reading.

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There is no satisfactory answer a parent can give to this.

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Find things out for yourself instead of having a parent or a teacher tell you.

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