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dad |
(informal) father. |
daddy |
(informal) father. |
father-in-law |
the father of a person's wife or husband. |
grandfather |
the father of a person's mother or father. |
grandmother |
the mother of a person's father or mother. |
grandparent |
the father or mother of one's parent; a grandmother or grandfather. |
great-grandfather |
the grandfather of a person's mother or father. |
great-grandmother |
the grandmother of a person's mother or father. |
junior |
younger (used especially after one's name when one has the same first and last name as one's father and often abbreviated as "Jr.") [1/5 definitions] |
papa |
(informal) father; dad. |
parent |
a mother or a father. |
paternal |
having to do with or typical of a father. [2 definitions] |
phrase |
a group or string of words whose meaning cannot be understood by considering the meaning of each word on its own; idiom. In the sentence "She takes after her father," "takes after" is a phrase that means "is similar to" or "resembles." [1/4 definitions] |
pop3 |
(informal) father. |
queen |
a female ruler of a country who is not elected but whose mother, father, or relative was the ruler before her. [1/4 definitions] |
senior |
being the older of two male relatives having the same name. The word "Senior," often written as "Sr.," is used after the name of a father whose son has the same name. [1/7 definitions] |
stepdad |
(informal) the husband of one's mother but who is not one's father by birth; stepfather. |
stepfather |
the husband of one's mother, who may act as a father but is not one's natural father. |
stepmom |
(informal) the wife of one's father but who is not one's mother by birth; stepmother. |
stepmother |
the wife of one's father, who may act as a mother but is not one's natural mother. |
transitive verb |
a verb that is followed by a direct object. In the sentence, "My father owns a grocery store," "owns" is a transitive verb and "grocery store" is the direct object. |
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