Synonyms for paternal


Similarity of adj paternal

4 senses of paternal

Sense 1:
paternal

Sense 2:
paternal (vs. maternal)
fatherly, fatherlikepaternalistic
Also See: patriarchal#1

Sense 3:
parental (vs. filial), maternal, paternal

Sense 4:
agnate, agnatic, paternal
related (vs. unrelated)
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