English > parent: 3 senses > noun 1, person Meaning | A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian. |
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Member of | family, family unit | primary social group |
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Narrower | adoptive parent, adopter | A person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child |
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empty nester | A parent whose children have grown up and left home |
father, male parent, begetter | A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) |
filicide | A parent who murders his own son or daughter |
mother, female parent | A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) |
stepparent | The spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage |
Broader | genitor | A natural father or mother |
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Opposite | child, kid | A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age |
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Spanish | padre, padres, progenitor |
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Catalan | pare, parent, pares |
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Adjectives | parental | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent |
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parental | designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced |
Nouns | parenthood | the state of being a parent |
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Verbs | parent | bring up |
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