paternal
adjective
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
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
belonging to or inherited from one's father
spent his childhood on the paternal farm
Related & opposite
- father pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of a father
Related & opposite
- patriarchal also see
- maternal antonym
- fatherliness attribute
- paternity derivation
- fatherly similar to
- paternalistic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
parental guidance
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
related on the father's side
a paternal aunt
Related & opposite
- agnate derivation
- fatherhood derivation
- related similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | father |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | patriarchal |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | maternal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | fatherliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | paternity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fatherly |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | paternalistic |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | filial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | agnate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fatherhood |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | related |