PATRIARCHS Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word patriarchs. (close relations)
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| leaders | nounn | |||||
noun • the body of people who lead a group | ||||||
| ancestors | nounn | |||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||
| elders | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who is older than you are • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit • any of various church officers adjective satellite • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | ||||||
| fathers | nounn | |||||
noun • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military • the founder of a family • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization • a person who founds or establishes some institution • the head of an organized crime family verb • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||
| forebears | nounn | |||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||
| forefathers | nounn | |||||
noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | ||||||
| founders | nounn | |||||
noun • inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse • a person who founds or establishes some institution • a worker who makes metal castings verb • fail utterly; collapse • sink below the surface • break down, literally or metaphorically • stumble and nearly fall | ||||||
| heads | nounn | |||||
noun • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains • a single domestic animal • that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason • a person who is in charge • the front of a military formation or procession • the pressure exerted by a fluid • the top of something • the source of water from which a stream arises • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) • the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head • a dense cluster of flowers or foliage • the educator who has executive authority for a school • an individual person • a user of (usually soft) drugs • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) • a rounded compact mass • the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container • the part in the front or nearest the viewer • a difficult juncture • forward movement • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer • the subject matter at issue • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about • the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint • that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves • (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head • the striking part of a tool • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship • a projection out from one end • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum • oral stimulation of the genitals verb • to go or travel towards • be in charge of • travel in front of; go in advance of others • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling • take its rise • be in the front of or on top of • form a head or come or grow to a head • remove the head of | ||||||
| originators | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who creates new things | ||||||
| progenitors | nounn | |||||
noun • an ancestor in the direct line | ||||||
| paterfamilias | nounn | |||||
noun • the male head of family or tribe | ||||||
| ancestor | nounn | |||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||
| forebear | nounn | |||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||
| forefather | nounn | |||||
noun • the founder of a family • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | ||||||
