Meaning & use
father
A man in relation to his child or children; a male parent.
See it in a sentence
Her father taught her how to ride a bicycle in the park.
He became a father for the first time last spring.
A note on using this word
Father can also refer figuratively to a founder or originator, as in the father of modern computing.
Words with a similar meaning
dadpapa
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. verb
To become the male parent of a child.
He fathered three children before moving abroad for work.
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