father

fa·ther  (fär)

n.

1. A man who begets or raises or nurtures a child.

2. A male parent of an animal.

3. A male ancestor.

4. A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.

5. An early form; a prototype.

6. Father Christianity

a. God.

b. The first person of the Christian Trinity.

7. An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.

8. A member of the senate in ancient Rome.

9. One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.

10. or Father A church father.

11. Abbr. Fr.

a. A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.

b. Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.

v. fa·thered, fa·ther·ing, fa·thers

v.tr.

1. To procreate (offspring) as the male parent.

2. To act or serve as a father to (a child).

3. To create, found, or originate.

4. To acknowledge responsibility for.

5.

a. To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.

b. To assign falsely or unjustly; foist.

v.intr.

To act or serve as a father.

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[Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; see pter- in Indo-European roots.]

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father

Noun

1. a male parent

2. a person who founds a line or family; forefather

3. a man who starts, creates, or invents something: the father of democracy in Costa Rica

4. a leader of an association or council: the city fathers

Verb

(of a man) to be the biological cause of the conception and birth of (a child) [Old English fæder]

fatherhood n

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Father

Noun

1. God

2. a title used for Christian priests

3. any of the early writers on Christian doctrine

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Father

See also mother; parents

misopaterism

the hatred of one’s father. — misopaterist, n.

patriarchy

1. a community in which the father or oldest male is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe, and descent is traced through the male line.
2. government by males, with one as supreme. — patriarchist, n. — patri-archic, patriarchical, adj.

patricentric

tending to move toward or centering upon the father. See also matricentric.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	father - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" begetter, male parent dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk father-in-law - the father of your spouse old man - an informal term for your father parent - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian pater - an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
	2.	father - the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" forefather, sire ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) patriarch - any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
	3.	Father - `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military Padre form of address, title of respect, title - an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title" priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
	4.	Father - (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom Church Father, Father of the Church Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
	5.	father - a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal" leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
	6.	Father - God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father" Father-God, Fatherhood
	7.	father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" beginner, founder, founding father cofounder - one of a group of founders coloniser, colonizer - someone who helps to found a colony foundress - a woman founder conceiver, mastermind, originator - someone who creates new things
	8.	father - the head of an organized crime family don chief, top dog, head - a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"
Verb	1.	father - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" beget, sire, mother, engender, generate, bring forth, get create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

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father

noun 1. daddy, (informal) dad (informal) male parent, patriarch, pop U.S. (informal) governor (informal) old man Brit. (informal) pa (informal) old boy (informal) papa (old-fashioned), (informal) sire, pater, biological father, foster father, begetter, paterfamilias, birth father

noun 2. founder, author, maker, architect, creator, inventor, originator, prime mover, initiator

noun 3. (often plural) forefather, predecessor, ancestor, forebear, progenitor, tupuna or tipuna N.Z.

noun 4. (usually plural) leader, senator, elder, patron, patriarch, guiding light, city father, kaumatua N.Z.

verb 5. sire, parent, conceive, bring to life, beget, procreate, bring into being, give life to, get

verb 6. originate, found, create, establish, author, institute, invent, engender >> adjective paternal

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Father

noun priest, minister, vicar, parson, pastor, cleric, churchman, padre (informal) confessor, abbé, curé, man of God

Translations

father [ˈfɑːðəʳ] n → padre m

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father [ˈfɑːðəʳ] n → père m

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father [ˈfɑːðəʳ] n → Vater m

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father [ˈfɑːðəʳ] n → padre m