- father
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ lone (esp. BrE), single▪
As a single father, he found it a struggle bringing up three children.
▪ married, unmarried▪a married father of two
▪ divorced▪ widowed▪ absent, absentee, estranged▪ long-lost▪Ryan has gone looking for his long-lost father.
▪ biological, natural, real, true▪ adoptive, foster▪ second, surrogate▪I always thought of you as a second father.
▪Elena's brother was a surrogate father to her kids after her husband died.
▪ expectant▪He paced like an expectant father.
▪ new▪Meet your new father.
▪The new father took his son into his arms.
▪ doting, proud▪He has just become the proud father of a baby girl.
▪ young▪ ageing/aging, elderly, old▪ ailing, dying, sick▪He has an ailing father and two younger brothers to support.
▪ dead, deceased, late▪ grieving▪the grieving father of two children lost at sea
▪ caring, devoted, good, great, loving, responsible, wonderful▪He is very good with children and would make a devoted father.
▪He was a wonderful father to her.
▪ beloved, dear▪She kept the books that had belonged to her beloved father.
▪ bad▪He was both a bad husband and a bad father.
▪ distant▪He had a domineering mother and a cold, distant father.
▪ domineering, overbearing, overprotective, strict▪ abusive, alcoholic, drunken, violent▪ famous▪He followed the footsteps of his famous father into the film industry.
▪ doctor, engineer, immigrant, etc.▪Their musician father encouraged their love of music.
VERB + FATHER▪ resemble, take after▪The two boys were like their mother in character, but Louise took after her father.
▪ follow, succeed▪She followed her father into the legal profession.
▪He succeeded his father as Professor of Botany.
▪ inherit sth from▪She inherited the urge to travel from her father.
▪ honour/honor, love, obey, respect▪Try your best to honor your father.
▪ lose▪I lost my father when I was nine.
▪ bury▪I buried my father, and mourned his death.
FATHER + NOUN▪ figure▪Some of his students regard him as a father figure.
PHRASES▪ a father of two, etc.▪Smith, a father of two, was arrested on charges of theft.
▪ father to sb▪Jesse is now married and father to a young son.
▪ follow in your father's footsteps▪He followed in his father's footsteps and became a motor mechanic.
▪ from father to son▪The land passes on from father to son.
▪ the death of your father, the loss of your father{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbFather is used with these nouns as the object: ↑child
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
