Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

child child

Typical Location

family soccer game

Capable Of

advance chil money allow child to go outside allow children to draw with crayons allowing tardiness box gift for child call child church youngster close box consider whether to give permission control kid demand obedience of child dress child experience fear explain facts of life fail child feed child fine child gift money to offspring give child up for adoption give present give scolding govern household help child with homework homeschool judge child leave family lift child listen to child lower boom lullaby baby to sleep meeting teacher mother child name baby name child name children name newborn baby offer solace put child to bed question child quiet screaming baby read child's book reason with child rush child to hospital school child school child at home school own children separate children side with child side with kids sign permission slip speak to child strike child talk to child teach child to grow vegetables teach child to talk teach morals to child teach violence wrong train child wave to children will estate

Derived Terms

Disney parent adoptive parent alloparent bioparent birth parent birthparent buddy parent co-parent co-parent-in-law cottage parent curling parent foreparent foster parent godparent gold star parent grandparent guideparent helicopter parent heliparent houseparent iPad parent interparent merparent midparent misparented multiparent noncustodial parent nonparent omniparent overparent oversharent parent bug parent company parent compound parent drug parent language parent nuclide parent pointer tree parent trigger parent-in-law parent-teacher association parent-teacher organization parent-teacher-student association parent-to-be parentage parental parentcraft parentdom parentectomy parentelic parenter parentese parenthood parenticide parentification parentify parenting parentish parentism parentize parentland parentless parentlike parentlock parently parentness parentship pawrent pibling plant parent pollen parent pre-parent reparent sharent single parent single-parent family snowplow parent solo parent step-parent stepparent stereoparent sugar parent three-parent transparent underparent unparent

Has Part

child

Context

biology computing

Has Property

proud of child

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

being care genitor give care organism

Type Of (IsA)

ancestor animal child family genitor guardian legal agent organism person social being

Not Desires

child to get arrested child to hurt irresponsible child see child come to harm

Related Terms

antepartum foster parous post-partum

Related Terms

act alter biological child derived descend dna father faulty foster genetic ivf material mother node organism origin person raise rear relative source stepparent surrogate

Synonym Network

mother parentage progenitor rear

Used For

raising child

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