| Main Entry: | creator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inventor; God |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, begetter, brain, deity, designer, founder, framer, generator, initiator, maker, originator, prime mover, producer, sire |
Antonyms: |
destroyer, destructor |
| Main Entry: | father |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | male person who begets children |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, begetter, dad, daddy, forebearer, origin, pa, padre, papa, parent, pop*, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, sire, source |
Antonyms: |
mother |
| Main Entry: | forebearer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessor |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, author, begetter, forerunner, founder, materfamilias, matriarch, originator, parent, paterfamilias, patriarch, precursor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, relative, sire |
| 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: | source |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; point of supply |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, author, authority, authorship, begetter, birthplace, cause, commencement, connection, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, expert, father, fount, fountain, fountainhead, horse's mouth, inception, informant, maternity, mother, onset, opening, origin, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rise, rising, root, specialist, spring, start, starting point, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
effect, end, result |
| Main Entry: | progenitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forebear |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, begetter, parent, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor |
| Main Entry: | sire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | father |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, begetter, creator, forefather, lord, parent, pater, procreator |