'Fatherless' definitions:
Definition of 'fatherless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having no living father
adjective
Not having a known or legally responsible father
Definition of 'Fatherless'
From: GCIDE
- Fatherless \Fa"ther*less\, a.
- 1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Without a known author. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fatherless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- aidless,
- baseborn,
- bastard,
- bereaved,
- bereft,
- defenseless,
- deprived,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- forlorn,
- forsaken,
- friendless,
- godforsaken,
- guideless,
- helpless,
- homeless,
- kithless,
- leaderless,
- misbegotten,
- motherless,
- natural,
- orphan,
- orphaned,
- outcast,
- parentless,
- pregnable,
- spurious,
- supposititious,
- unfriended,
- unprotected,
- untenable,
- vulnerable,
- widowed