| 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: | caregiver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person caring for child |
Synonyms: |
au pair, babysitter, caretaker, custodian, father, governess, mother, nanny, nurse, parent |
| Main Entry: | create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop in mind or physically |
Synonyms: |
actualize, author, beget, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to pass, build, cause to be, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, give birth to, give life to, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start |
Antonyms: |
destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | dad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | father |
Synonyms: |
daddy, old man, pa, papa, pappy, parent, pop |
| 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: | folks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family |
Synonyms: |
brood, clan, horde, household, kin, parents, people, relatives, tribe |
| 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: | generate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, create |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
break, destroy |
| Main Entry: | hatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, plan |
Synonyms: |
bear, brainstorm*, breed, bring forth, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, dream up, engender, formulate, generate, get up, give birth, incubate, induce, invent, lay eggs, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, spitball, think up, throw together, trump up, whip up, work up |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, build |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up, dash off, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together, whip, whip out |
Antonyms: |
crush, destroy, raze, ruin |