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Thesaurus entry: father
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- The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
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father
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noun
1.
his mother and father
synonyms
: dad; daddy, pop, pa, dada, papa; old man, patriarch, paterfamilias.
2.
literary
the religion of my fathers
synonyms
: ancestor, forefather, forebear, predecessor, antecedent, progenitor, primogenitor.
antonym:
descendant.
3.
the father of democracy
synonyms
: originator, initiator, founder, inventor, creator, maker, author, architect.
4.
the city fathers
synonyms
: leader, elder, patriarch, official.
5.
(
Father
) our heavenly Father
synonyms
: God, Lord, Lord God.
6.
(often
Father
) ask the father to pray for you
synonyms
: priest, pastor, parson, clergyman, cleric, minister, preacher;
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Thesaurus entry: notwithstanding
The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;
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...notwithstanding • preposition notwithstanding his workload, he is a dedicated father synonyms : despite, in spite of, regardless of, for all. • adverb she is bright and ambitious—notwithstanding ...
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