OFFSPRING Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For OFFSPRING
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| ancestor | nounn | |||||
noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||||||
| father | verb, nounv, n | |||||
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 | ||||||
| mother | nounn | |||||
noun • a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) • a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar • a term of address for an elderly woman • a term of address for a mother superior • a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation verb • care for like a mother • make (offspring) by reproduction | ||||||
| parent | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian • an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained verb • look after a child until it is an adult | ||||||
| adult | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a fully developed person from maturity onward • any mature animal adjective satellite • (of animals) fully developed • designed to arouse lust | ||||||
| elder | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
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 | ||||||
| forebear | nounn | |||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended | ||||||
| predecessor | nounn | |||||
noun • one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | ||||||
| senior | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service noun • an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation • a person who is older than you are adjective satellite • used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college • advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | ||||||
| genitor | nounn | |||||
noun • a natural father or mother | ||||||
| progenitor | nounn | |||||
noun • an ancestor in the direct line | ||||||
| forbears | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a person from whom you are descended verb • refrain from doing • resist doing something | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
