Paternal: alternatives and connections

Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

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of Relate

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of Relate

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The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

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The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

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The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

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Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal s…

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Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal s…

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Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.

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Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

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Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.