FATHERHOOD Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word fatherhood. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FATHERHOOD
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| paternity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being a father • the kinship relation between an offspring and the father • the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | ||||||||
| parentage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being a parent • the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
| parenthood | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being a parent | ||||||||
| dads | nounn | |||||||
noun • an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | ||||||||
| fathering | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your 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 • the founder of a family • (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 • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||||
| progenitorship | nounn | |||||||
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| father | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your 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 • the founder of a family • (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 • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||||
| father-god | nounn | |||||||
noun • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity | ||||||||
| god the father | nounn | |||||||
noun • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity | ||||||||
