parentless (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *parentless*:
ADJECTIVE	all	parentless, unparented	having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates

English > *parentless*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates.
Synonym	unparented
Narrower	fatherless	Having no living father
	motherless	Having no living or known mother
	orphaned	deprived of parents by death or desertion
Opposite	parented	Having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates

HyperDic: parentless