Father definition

Father as a noun

1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

   "his father was born in Atlanta"

   Same sense: male parent, begetter

2. the founder of a family

   Same sense: sire, forefather

3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

   "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"

4. a person who founds or establishes some institution

   "George Washington is the father of his country"

   Same sense: founder, founding father, beginner

5. the head of an organized crime family

   Same sense: don

Father as a verb

6. make (offspring) by reproduction

   "John fathered four daughters"

   Same sense: get, mother, bring forth, generate, sire, engender, beget

Synonyms and antonyms

• male parent
• begetter
• sire
• forefather
• founder
• founding father
• beginner
• don
• get definition
• mother definition
• bring forth
• generate
• engender
• beget

Opposite: mother.

All synonyms of father, sense by sense

How to say father

Father has 2 syllables and rhymes with bother. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with father

• bother
• grandfather
• godfather
• stepfather
• forefather

FATHER in word games

Scrabble

12

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

2

Is FATHER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FATHER in the word checker, or unscramble FATHER to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.