Definitions:

1. a male parent, also used as a term of address to one's own father noun
   • They were the father of five beautiful children.
2. a person who founds or establishes some institution noun
   • George Washington is the father of our country.
3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization noun
   • The tennis fathers ruled in favor of the motion.
4. the founder of a family noun
   • keep the faith of our forefathers

Synonyms:

• begetter
• beginner
• don
• founder
• founding father
• get
• male parent
• sire

NearBy Words:

• father-figure
• father-in-law
• fatherhood
• fatherland
• fatherless
• fatherlike
• fatherliness
• fatherly