father
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- noun
- /ˈfɑːðər/
- He is considered the father of modern science due to his groundbreaking theories.
- founding fathers
- founding father
- father figure
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Watch on YouTubeHe's one of the fathers of the modern world.
- He's one of the fathers of the modern world.
- Teller was the the the father of the thermonuclear bomb.
- Again, we're back to MIT, the father information theory.
- Well, he really was the the four father or godfather of ion conductors.
- So now Claude Shannon, he's the he's the father of information theory.
- He was in many ways the father of fighting tactics in the air.
Examples
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You're gonna make a great father, aren't you?
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John Holt has been considered the father of the modern home-schooling movement (Solomon 2002).
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That is the name your father gave you!
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Your father got the story wrong-- again.
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For which reason they look upon him as the father of them all.
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And all fathers... need their sons.
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A man who grew up trying to engage his distant father may go through life seeking attention.
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Senator Iselin, how does it feel to be the father of a Medal of Honor winner?
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Although much of the war was a tragic cycle of devastation, my father built and repaired things.
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She says, "But you know, the most wonderful thing was walking down the aisle of St. Paul's Cathedral with my father."
Synonyms
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A man who is your father
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An informal name a child uses for their father
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A person who starts an organization like a company or charity
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A man who starts an important organization or country
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A person from older generations who helped start your family or its traditions
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A man who leads a family or group with authority
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A man who gives care and guidance like a parent
A person who started an idea or tradition that others follow
A father who is the main adult in a family
Antonyms
Compounds
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A person who helped create the United States by writing the Constitution in 1787
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A man who gives care and guidance like a father to someone who is not his child
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A Christian writer from the early centuries whose writings help shape church teaching
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A leading early Christian writer whose teachings helped form church beliefs
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English people who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and started a settlement in New England
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An early church writer who has a link to an Apostle or their close students and writes about the faith
How Influential
Surface Forms
Etymology
Father is also used for someone who starts or creates something because the same old root, seen in Latin pater, gave the idea of being the 'source' or 'origin'. That's why we call someone 'the father of' an idea or movement.