fa·ther
noun
1.
a man in relation to his child or children.
"Margaret's father died at an early age"
Similar:
male parent
birth father
biological father
begetter
patriarch
paterfamilias
dad
daddy
pop
poppa
pa
old boy
old man
adoptive father
foster father
stepfather
pater
2.
(often as a title or form of address) a priest.
"pray for me, father"
Similar:
priest
pastor
parson
clergyman
father confessor
churchman
man of the cloth
man of God
cleric
minister
preacher
abbé
curé
reverend
padre
verb
(of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child).
"he fathered three children"