FATHERS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of father

as in dads

a male human parent the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons

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as in founders

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor Sir Isaac Newton is regarded by many as the father of modern science

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as in grandfathers

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent our fathers founded this nation on the fundamental belief that no person is entitled to rule by divine right

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verb

present tense third-person singular of father

as in sires

to become the father of Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered

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Noun

In November 2025, the fathers told the court about their child’s birth and a day later, Uthmeier, the AG, began pushing his way into this case. —

Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 Softness and even open expression of feelings between fathers and sons are not part of the male Circassian factory model. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 His office has since argued that surrogacy violates the 13th Amendment’s prohibition on slavery, according to a lawyer representing the fathers who commissioned the surrogate. —

Miami Herald, 13 May 2026 Their fathers were following along, both golf professionals, both of whom taught their sons the game. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026 Both siblings have spoken about growing up without their fathers in their lives. —

Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 Meanwhile, their fathers hang back, observing, cracking wise about their teens' antics. —

Natalie Escobar, NPR, 12 May 2026 The Pelago Café’s story began in the region of Emilia‑Romagna, where both Amidei and Hitchmough’s fathers were born — both families emigrating to Highwood, Illinois in the late 1960s, where their daughters Ruthie and Mada were raised. —

Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 There’s mothers and daughters, there’s fathers and daughters, there’s fathers and sons, there’s siblings, there’s best friends, there’s coworkers. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathers

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Its story of five girls — all navigating preteenagerdom under the stewardship of their tragically well-meaning white dads — stands firmly on its own legs, even staring down some of its progenitors.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
During Family Week, moms and moms and dads and dads, dogs and strollers by their sides, fill the town’s main drag.

— Rostam, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026