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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatherly |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, concerned, fatherlike, patrilineal, patrimonial, protective, solicitous, vigilant |
| Antonyms: | maternal |
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| Main Entry: | hereditary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inherited; transmitted at birth |
| Synonyms: | ancestral, bequeathed, family, genealogical, genetic, handed down, heritable, inborn, inbred, inheritable, inherited, lineal, maternal, paternal, patrimonial, traditional, transmissible, transmitted, willed |
| Antonyms: | acquired |
| Main Entry: | male |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | masculine |
| Synonyms: | macho*, manful, manlike, manly, paternal, potent, virile |
| Antonyms: | female |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having the quality or nature of a parent |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, sheltering, supportive, tender, warm, watchful |
| Main Entry: | fatherly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | parently |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |
| Antonyms: | maternally, motherly |
| Main Entry: | fatherlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatherly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, parental, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |
| Main Entry: | patrimonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancestral |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, born with, congenital, consanguine, consanguineous, familial, genealogical, hereditary, in the family, inborn, inbred, inherited, innate, lineal, maternal, old, past, paternal, running in the family, totemic, tribal |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | male |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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