parent

About 29.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.

2. noun A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.
3. noun A surrogate parent.
4. noun A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
5. noun A relative.
6. noun The source or origin of something.
7. noun An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
8. noun Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector. A parent company.

Similar words

rear raise nurture bring up parenthood father paternal sibling kinsman surrogacy

Often followed by

and or of company is to who families in

Word family

parental parentally parented parenting parentless parents