METRONYMIC Antonyms
Definition of METRONYMIC
Best Opposite Words For METRONYMIC
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family | nounn | |||||||
noun • a social unit living together • primary social group; parents and children • a collection of things sharing a common attribute • people descended from a common ancestor • a person having kinship with another or others • (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera • a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities • an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | ||||||||
fatherly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | ||||||||
inherited | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | ||||||||
manly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • possessing qualities befitting a man adverb • in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man adjective satellite • characteristic of a man | ||||||||
masculine | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • male (of grammatical gender) • associated with men and not with women noun • a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male adjective satellite • (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable | ||||||||
paternal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • belonging to or inherited from one's father • characteristic of a father • relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent adjective satellite • related on the father's side | ||||||||
patriarchal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line • relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank | ||||||||
patronymic | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or derived from a personal or family name noun • a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | ||||||||
surnamed | verbv | |||||||
noun • the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) |