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Showing words for PARENT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Parent

arpent, enrapt, entrap, panter, parent, parten, pretan, pterna, trepan

5 Letter Words for Parent

antre, apert, apter, arent, arpen, atren, enapt, paren, parte, paten, peart, penta, petar, prate, prent, preta, retan, tapen, taper, terap, terna, trape

4 Letter Words for Parent

anet, anre, ante, aper, aren, aret, arte, earn, entr, erat, etna, nape, nare, natr, neap, near, neat, nepa, pane, pant, pare, part, pate, pean, pear, peat, pent, pern, pert, peta, prat, pret, rane, rant, rape, rapt, rate, rean, reap, rent, rept, taen, tane, tape, tare, tarn, tarp, tean, teap, tear, tepa, tera, tern, terp, trap, trna

3 Letter Words for Parent

aer, ane, ant, ape, apr, apt, are, arn, art, ate, atp, ean, ear, eat, epa, era, ern, ert, eta, nae, nap, nar, nat, nea, nep, net, pan, par, pat, pea, pen, per, pet, pre, prn, pta, pte, ran, rap, rat, rea, rep, rna, rpt, rte, tan, tap, tar, tea, ten, ter, tra, trp

Definitions for Parent

[1] a father or a mother.
[2] an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
[3] a source, origin, or cause.
[4] a protector or guardian.
[5] Biology . any organism that produces or generates another.
[6] Physics . the first nuclide in a radioactive series.
[7] being the original source: a parent organization.
[8] Biology . pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell; parent DNA.
[9] to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline.
[10] a father or mother
[11] a person acting as a father or mother; guardian
[12] rare an ancestor
[13] a source or cause
[14] an organism or organization that has produced one or more organisms or organizations similar to itself (as modifier ) a parent organism
[15] physics chem a precursor, such as a nucleus or compound, of a derived entity (as modifier ) a parent nucleus ; a parent ion

Words related to Parent

father, mother, originator, origin, prototype, center, author, root, creator, forerunner, source, architect, progenitor, folks, guardian, ancestor, cause, wellspring, fountainhead, begetter

Words nearby Parent

parenchymatous hemorrhage, parenchymatous keratitis, parenchymatous neuritis, parens, parens., parent, parent cell, parent company, parent compound, parent cyst, parent language

Origin of Parent

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin parent- (stem of parēns ), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed

Other words from Parent

par·ent·less , adjective
par·ent·like , adjective
non·par·ent , noun

Word origin for Parent

C15: via Old French from Latin parens parent, from parere to bring forth

Synonyms for Parent

father, mother, ancestor, architect, author, begetter, cause, center, creator, folks, forerunner, fountainhead, guardian, origin, originator, progenitor, prototype, root, source, wellspring, procreator