Definition for Parental:

• Of, or befitting, a parent; affectionate.

Synonyms for Parental:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • parental,
  • paternal,
  • maternal.
  •fatherlike (adjective)
  • patriarchal.
  •having the quality or nature of a parent (adjective)
  • kind,
  • protective,
  • motherly,
  • forbearing,
  • supportive,
  • benevolent,
  • benign,
  • matriarchal,
  • tender,
  • gentle,
  • caring,
  • watchful,
  • loving,
  • warm,
  • comforting,
  • Sheltering,
  • devoted,
  • affectionate,
  • fatherly,
  • indulgent,
  • fond.
  •paternal (adjective)
  • familial,
  • phylogenetic,
  • phyletic,
  • patrimonial,
  • hereditary.

• n.

  •
  • birth parent,
  • custodial parent,
  • empty nester,
  • father,
  • daddy,
  • birth mother,
  • fatherhood,
  • birth father,
  • deadbeat dad,
  • dad.

• Other synonyms:

  •hereditary
  • ancestral.

Paraphrases for Parental:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    paternal.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    patriarchal, child-care, parent-teacher, prenatal, Patria, fatherhood, motherhood, upbringing.
  • Noun, plural
    Siblings, progenitors, in-laws, MOMS.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    child-rearing, parenting, parent, child-raising, fatherly, familial.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Relatives, parenting, parent.
  • Noun, plural
    Relatives.

Antonyms for Parental:

• adj.

  • all
    filial.
  • Other antonyms:
    daughterly.

Parental Sentence Examples:

• Of course you ought to do what is right against the highest authority on earth, which I take to be just the parental.

• " Go on, my daughter - tell me what you may," I said, for I knew now that the realm was one wherein parental authority was of no avail.

Hypernym for Parental:

• Other hypernyms:

  • n.
    monoparental.