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parent

noun

1 her parents divorced when she was seven:

mother, father;

birth/biological parent, adoptive mother/father, surrogate mother, foster-parent, foster-mother, foster-father, stepparent, stepmother, stepfather, guardian;

single parent, lone parent, co-parent;

informal one's old man, one's old woman, one's old lady;

rare begetter, procreator, progenitor, progenitress, progenitrix, genitor, pater;

(parents) informal rents.

2 rhythm and blues, the parent of rock and roll:

source, origin, genesis, originator, root, fountain, cause, author, architect;

precursor, forerunner, predecessor, antecedent, forebear, ancestor;

literary wellspring;

rare radix.

verb

all children are special to those who parent them:

bring up, be the parent of, look after, take care of, rear, raise, nurture.

word links	parent
parricide killing of one's parent