FATHER

Definition

1. verb make (offspring) by reproduction. — synonyms: beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring_forth
2. noun a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father). — synonyms: male_parent, begetter
3. noun the founder of a family. — synonyms: forefather, sire
4. noun `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church). — synonyms: Padre
5. noun (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine. — synonyms: Church_Father, Father_of_the_Church
6. noun a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization.
7. noun God when considered as the first person in the Trinity. — synonyms: Father-God, Fatherhood
8. noun a person who founds or establishes some institution. — synonyms: founder, beginner, founding_father
9. noun the head of an organized crime family. — synonyms: don