father: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with F · ends with R
Meaning of father
noun
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
Example: My father was a strong influence on me.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Example: Come, father; you can sit here.
A term of respectful address for a priest.
Listed forms: fathers.
Source: Wiktionary — father.
verb
To be a father to; to sire.
- figuratively
To give rise to.
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
To provide with a father.
Listed forms: fathers, fathering, fathered.
Source: Wiktionary — father.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for father.
noun
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- male parent
- begetter
noun
the founder of a family
noun
a person who founds or establishes some institution
noun
the head of an organized crime family
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is father in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of father
F(4) + A(1) + T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of father
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from father
68 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in father. Showing up to 24, longest first.