father
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
his father was born in Atlanta
Types & categories
- parent hypernym
- pop hyponym
- father-in-law hyponym
- old man hyponym
- pater hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make children
Abraham begot Isaac
Types & categories
- create hypernym
Related & opposite
- multiplication derivation
- sire derivation
- genesis derivation
- generation derivation
- father derivation
- forefather derivation
- mother derivation
- procreative derivation
Sense 3 noun
the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers
Types & categories
- antecedent hypernym
- patriarch hyponym
Related & opposite
- sire derivation
Sense 4 noun
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
Types & categories
- leader hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a person who founds or establishes some institution
George Washington is the father of his country
Types & categories
- mastermind hypernym
- cofounder hyponym
- colonizer hyponym
- foundress hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the head of an organized crime family
Types & categories
- chief hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | mother |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fatherly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | parent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | father-in-law |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | old man |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pater |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | multiplication |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | genesis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | father |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forefather |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | procreative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | antecedent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | patriarch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | leader |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | institute |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mastermind |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cofounder |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | colonizer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | foundress |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | chief |