parent

Meaning of parent

noun
  1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
  2. A surrogate mother
  3. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
  4. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
  5. A relative.
  6. The source or origin of something.
  7. An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
  8. Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
  9. The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.

verb

To act as parent, to raise or rear.

Information about parent

Hyphenation of parent

par-ent

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • parent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

parent synonyms

Meaning rear:

rear, raise, nurture

Meaning :

progenitor, mother

parent antonyms

Meaning :

child, offspring

Translation of parent

Anagrams of parent

arpent, enrapt, entrap, Panter, panter, parten, pretan, pterna, trepan

Words that rhyme with parent

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