as in father
a male human parent
my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom
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Recent Examples of dad
The windows were built by Phil and his dad, Phil senior.
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Kevin Strong, CBS News, 16 May 2026
That is, until Irwin, on a whim, takes his two boys down to the canal one night to show them what their dad is planning.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
The boy was raised by his dad in Mexico.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 May 2026
My friend Trevor, who used to hang out at ABC No Rio, his dad was part of the R.A.S.H. movement: the Red and Anarchist Skinheads.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
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Kevin Strong, CBS News, 16 May 2026
That is, until Irwin, on a whim, takes his two boys down to the canal one night to show them what their dad is planning.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
The boy was raised by his dad in Mexico.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 May 2026
My friend Trevor, who used to hang out at ABC No Rio, his dad was part of the R.A.S.H. movement: the Red and Anarchist Skinheads.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dad
Noun
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Wilson’s father was a Presbyterian minister, and Wilson read the Bible daily.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The backstory The property was built in 1835 as a private home for Sarah Lydia Robbins Howe, whose father Edward Hutchinson Robbins served as Massachusetts’ sixth lieutenant governor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
Noun
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If his film’s fetishized heroine manages to claw her way back out by the end, conquering her daddy issues and taking on the boogeyman, most of us are still stuck down there.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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For here is John Lennon setting himself up as a new kind of hands-on daddy.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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“Dad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dad. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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