paternal

About 3.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.

   paternal grandfather

2. adjective Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
3. adjective Received or inherited from one's father.
4. adjective Acting as a father.

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5. noun A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.

Similar words

agnate parental paternalistic fatherlike fatherly agnatic maternal related patronymic parenthood

Often followed by

grandfather and authority grandmother care uncle grandparents government affection love

Word family

paternally