Parent

What do we mean by parent?

A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child. noun

A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child. noun

A person who adopts a child. noun

A person who raises a child. noun

An ancestor; a progenitor. noun

An organism that produces or generates offspring. noun

A guardian; a protector. noun

A parent company. noun

A source or cause; an origin. noun

To act as a parent to; raise and nurture. intransitive verb

To cause to come into existence; originate. intransitive verb

To act as a parent. intransitive verb

A father or mother; one who has generated or produced: correlated to child, offspring, descendant. noun

By extension, any animal in relation to its offspring, or a plant in relation to other plants produced from it; any organism in relation to the individual organisms which it produces by any process of reproduction. noun

One who or that which produces; an author; a cause; a source. noun

A kinsman; relative. noun

Serving as or pertaining to a parent or source.

One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. noun

That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter. noun

One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.

A surrogate mother

A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material

A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.

A relative.

The source or origin of something.

An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.

Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.

The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.

Words that are spelled similarly to parent:
parent, patent, arent, paren, darent, parens, pament, prent, parrent, parena.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word parent:
grandparent, parenting, parental, subsidiaries, offspring, node, regimental, child, plc, company, trap, guardian, holdings, custody, bankruptcy, subsidiary, parents, compound, disorder, corporation, warner, owns, citizenship, inc, brands, hybrid, airline, ltd, loan.

Words that rhyme with parent:
inherent, apparent, errant, aberrant, transparent, declarant, grandparent, arendt, heir apparent, darent, berent, great grandparent, behrendt, guerrant, ferrant, berendt, bare hint, bear hunt, dare hint, emerant, eyre hunt, hare hunt, rare hint.

Adjectives that are often used to describe parent:
single, other, good, custodial, foster, male, female, biological, noncustodial, common, natural, adoptive, absent, aged, elderly, deceased, wise, affected, alcoholic, fond, abusive, better, indulgent, surrogate, average, lone, dead, affectionate, beloved, anxious, bad, earthly, maternal, christian, step, responsible, ill, angry, concerned, proud, dominant, bereaved, stern, corporate, immediate, perfect, dear, prospective, older, sexed, fruitful, lost, sole, divorced, dependent, venerable, sick, resident, widowed, recurrent, residential, gay, ideal, irate, time, class, nurturing, nonresidential, schizophrenic, depressed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective parent:
families, teacher, child, family, households, homes, company, training, teachers, education, relationship, involvement, household, relationships, home, material, school, duchatelet, participation, groups, law, children, daughter, youth, care, offspring, adoption, adoptions, attachment, interaction, mothers, student, support, relations, programs, cell, adolescent, species, stock, status, psychotherapy, conferences, interactions, conflict, counseling, figure, figures, origin, rock, subsidiary, mother, interview, communication, report, substitutes, property, infant, drug, compound, fathers, plant, conference, birds, corporation, surrogate, therapist, guidance, metal, surrogates, discipline, meetings, identification.

Consonant match to parent:
parrent.

Words that sound like parent:
parent, berent, parents, parrot, apparent, peasant, parrott, paran, perron, parat, peret, pairment, prunt, peren, behrendt, werent, print, perrin, pierrot, prent, perrins, piran, perit, pyron, pirin, pyran, patient, pirate, paranoid, pennant, portant, pedant, pesant, apparant, pirat, peccant, param, berend, behrend, spirant, pierrette, barren, baron, warrant, brunt, barron, aberrant, baren, barons, barents, baronet, baret, barett, barony, besant, beran, bezzant, behrens, ferrant, bezant, horrent, gerant, perished, pairing, pirana, portent, paring, pairings, pissant, pawprint, parente, parrett, paw print, porin, pierpont, porritt, parenti, pieroni, parings, pierpoint, piermont, parenteau, parenty, piraino, porret, pierina, pierron, porins, piron, pirrone, pyrena, parasite, barrett, barin, beren, berin, berens, aperient, barend, barit.