| Main Entry: | mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female person who has borne children |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, child-bearer, creator, forebearer, mom, mommy, origin, parent, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, source |
Antonyms: |
father |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend to |
Synonyms: |
attend, baby sit, consider, foster, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, mind, mind the store, minister, mother, nurse, nurture, pay attention to, protect, provide for, ride herd on, sit, take pains, tend, treasure, wait on, watch, watch over |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | caregiver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person caring for child |
Synonyms: |
au pair, babysitter, caretaker, custodian, father, governess, mother, nanny, nurse, parent |
| Main Entry: | father/mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | founder, inventor |
Synonyms: |
administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, encourager, generator, initiator, introducer, leader, maker, matriarch, motor, mover, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover, promoter, promulgator, publisher, sire, sponsor, supporter |
| Main Entry: | female |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | woman |
Synonyms: |
Miss/Mrs./Ms., daughter, femme, gal, gentlewoman, girl, grandmother, lady, madam, matron, mother, she, sister |
Antonyms: |
male, man |
| Main Entry: | fountainhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal source; person who originates |
Synonyms: |
administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | nurse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, tend |
Synonyms: |
advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cradle, cultivate, encourage, father, feed, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, keep alive, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, medicate, minister to, mother, nourish, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, see to, serve, sit, succor, support, take care of, take charge of, treat, vaccinate, wait on, watch out for, watch over |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | originator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creator |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, begetter, designer, discoverer, father, founder, initiator, innovator, inventor, maker, mastermind, mother, pioneer, producer |
| Main Entry: | parent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, source of product |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, architect, author, begetter, cause, center, creator, father, folks, forerunner, fountainhead, guardian, mother, origin, originator, procreator, progenitor, prototype, root, source, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
child |
| Main Entry: | procreate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reproduce |
Synonyms: |
beget, breed, conceive, create, engender, father, generate, get, give birth to, hatch, impregnate, make, mother, multiply, originate, parent, produce, progenerate, proliferate, propagate, sire, spawn |
Antonyms: |
kill |