Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Paternity

Nouns
  • paternity
  • parentage
  • consanguinity etc. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity. parent
  • father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba
  • genitor, progenitor, procreator
  • ancestor
  • grandsire, grandfather
  • great-grandfather
  • fathership, fatherhood
  • mabap. house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan
  • genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry
  • forefathers, forbears, patriarchs. motherhood, maternity
  • mother, dam, mamma, grandmother.
Adjectives
  • paternal, parental
  • maternal
  • family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal.