pater

Speech parts

1. pater - Noun

2. pater - Adjective

Meaning

an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

papa daddy patriarch father dad parent sire begetter dada governor pop founder ancestor progenitor originator
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Antonyms

mother child kid layman female minor
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Hypernyms

father begetter male parent

Related terms

patriarch patrimony paternal paternity patricide patrilineal

Phrases with the word

deus pater

Derivatives

pater

Anagrams

apert peart petar prate taper trape preta parte petra repat retap treap ptera

Examples

What is Mona Lisa thinking? Nothing, of course. Her blankness is her menace and our fear. [...] Walter Pater is to call her a 'vampire,' coasting through history on her secret tasks. Camille Paglia

Youngsters have got to stop thinking about becoming the next Zuckerberg. It's a trillion-to-one chance. What they need is mater and pater to say, 'Get a job, son.' Alan Sugar

I've never been much smitten by Catholicism. I've never been committed to any religious dogma of any sort. ... For years the Catholics had me on their blacklist. Then along comes some sharp-witted pater and says 'Let's take this lad into the business, instead. Ingmar Bergman

The family consists of those who live under the same roof with the pater familias; those who form (if I may use the expression) his fire-side. Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Let those pater nosters be for your own soul. Spanish Proverb

Abbott, 2 The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife, his children, the wives of his sons, the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen, disposing of them and of their goods at will, even putting them to death. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

patentometrics patentor patentspeak pater cove pater familias patera