parent synonyms

parent

n.

father, mother, foster parent, foster father, foster mother, stepparent, stepfather, stepmother, immediate forebear, procreator, progenitor, sire, the one from whom one has one's being; see also father 1, mother 1, origin 3.

parent

v.

raise, rear, foster, bring up; see raise 2.

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