"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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Parent
//ˈpɛəɹənt//
Synonyms for "parent" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
60 entriesShowing 16 of 60 words.
derived
86 entriesShowing 16 of 86 words.
has a
1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
10 entriesnot desires
4 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
265 translations across 116 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
4 entries- աղբյուր noun (source or origin of something)
- ծնող noun (person from whom one is descended)
- ծնող noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
- ծնող noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
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- изто́чник noun (source or origin of something)
- 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)
Burmese
1 entries- မိဘ noun (person from whom one is descended)
Catalan
4 entries- genitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
- mare noun (source or origin of something)
- pare noun (source or origin of something)
- pares 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
4 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)
- rodič noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
Danish
2 entries- forælder noun (person from whom one is descended)
- ophav noun (source or origin of something)
Dutch
4 entries- bron noun (source or origin of something)
- ouder noun (person from whom one is descended)
- ouder noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
- ouder noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- ава noun (computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended)
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
4 entries- ottovanhempi noun (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child — see also guardian)
- syntyperä noun (source or origin of something)
- 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)
- Elternpflanze noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
- Elternteil noun (person from whom one is descended)
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)
- 親 noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
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
2 entries- bavan noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
- 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
4 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)
- roślina mateczna noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
Portuguese
4 entries- genitor noun (person from whom one is descended)
- mãe noun (source or origin of something)
- 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- исто́чник noun (source or origin of something)
- 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)
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
3 entries- mzazi noun (person from whom one is descended)
- mzazi noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
- mzazi noun (source or origin of something)
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)
- ebeveyn noun (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
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
2 entries- mẹ noun (computing: object from which a child or derived object is descended)
- 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.
A parent or teacher should bring home to children the pleasure of reading.
Source: tatoeba (269721)
There is no satisfactory answer a parent can give to this.
Source: tatoeba (269743)
Find things out for yourself instead of having a parent or a teacher tell you.
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