father n
1 begetter, dad (informal) daddy (informal) governor (informal) old boy (informal) old man (informal) pa (informal) papa (old-fashioned informal) pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop (informal) sire
2 ancestor, forebear, forefather, predecessor, progenitor
3 architect, author, creator, founder, inventor, maker, originator, prime mover
4 city father, elder, leader, patriarch, patron, senator
5 abbé, confessor, curé, padre (informal) pastor, priest vb
6 beget, get, procreate, sire
7 create, engender, establish, found, institute, invent, originate