'parent' definitions:
Definition of 'parent'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'parent'
From: GCIDE
- parent \par"ent\ (p[^a]r"ent or p[=a]r"ent; 277), n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. Part.]
- 1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. [1913 Webster]
- Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. [1913 Webster]
- Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. --Channing. [1913 Webster]
- Parent cell. (Biol.) See Mother cell, under Mother, also Cytula.
- Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis, and Cell division, under Division. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- ancestor,
- ancestorial,
- ancestral,
- ancestress,
- author,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- catalyst,
- causer,
- creator,
- effector,
- engenderer,
- father,
- fatherlike,
- fatherly,
- generator,
- grandfatherly,
- grandmotherly,
- grandparent,
- grandparental,
- guardian,
- inspirer,
- instigator,
- maker,
- mater,
- materfamilias,
- maternal,
- mother,
- motherlike,
- motherly,
- mover,
- origin,
- originator,
- parental,
- pater,
- paterfamilias,
- paternal,
- patriarchal,
- prime mover,
- primum mobile,
- procreator,
- producer,
- progenitor,
- progenitress,
- progenitrix,
- root,
- sire,
- source,
- stepfather,
- stepmother