father


Meanings

  • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);
    • "his father was born in Atlanta"
  • the founder of a family;
    • "keep the faith of our forefathers"
  • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
  • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
  • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;
    • "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"
    • "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
  • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;
  • a person who founds or establishes some institution;
    • "George Washington is the father of his country"
  • the head of an organized crime family
  • make children;
    • "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
  • FATHER v -ED -ING, -S to cause to exist


Scrabble Score: 12

father is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

father is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

father is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

father is a valid Words With Friends word