Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "father" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

mother mother son

Derived Terms

All-Father Father Christmas Father Time Father of Lies Father's Day God the Father Heavenly Father adoptive father allofather baby father babyfather be gathered to one's fathers biofather birth father birthfather birthing father city father co-father co-father-in-law conscript father elderfather eldfather father confessor father figure father hunger father in law father lasher father longlegs father of chapel father of the House father of the nation father superior father to son father tongue father-bother merger father-daughter day father-figure father-fucker father-in-law father-out-law father-slayer father-to-be fathercraft fatherdom fatherer fatherer fatherese fatherfucker fatherhood fatherkin fatherkins fatherland fatherless fatherlike fatherline fatherliness fatherling fatherly fatherness fathership forefather forthfather foster father founding father gestational father ghostly father godfather gold star father grandfather great-grandfather highfather housefather how's your father it is a wise child that knows his own father like father like son like father, like son lorefather merfather motherfather nonfather nursing father one's father was born before one penny-father shrift father shriftfather single father step-father stepfather surrogate father unfather wolf father you kiss your father with that mouth

Distinct From

mom mother

Inflected/Variant Forms

mother

Context

christianity wicca

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent chief conceiver create form of address foster guardian head leader make man mastermind originator parent priest relative root theologian theologiser theologist theologizer title title of respect top dog

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

adoptive father ballet dad birth father father-in-law father-out-law foster father genitor grandfather stepdad stepdaddy stepfather stepfather-in-law

Type Of (IsA)

leader male animal man parent

Related Terms

Dad Daddy Jupiter Mother beget grandpa pater paterfamilias paternal paternal sire

Related Terms

act adopt adult ancient rome authority authority figure bar beget child children creation dad daddy daughter daughters dude familial familial relationship families family family head family man family member figure formal formal dad founder god grandpa head horned god human husband male male organs male parent male relation males man man relation married married mother master member mother mother man mothers mothers husband mothers partner mothers spouse mums mums husband not nurture organs padre parent parent male parental parental unit parenting parents partner pater paternal paternal male paternal parent paternity patriarch pop priest relation relationship relative sage senator sibling sire son son daughter sons sons daughters spouse support triune unit wicca wife woman you

Synonym Network

beget dad daddy don father god father of church forefather founder padre

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