PATERNAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
   Synonym(s)
   • maternal (what does maternal mean?)
   • parental (what does parental mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • parental guidance
   Antonym(s)
   • filial (what does filial mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characteristic of a father
   Antonym(s)
   • maternal (what does maternal mean?)
   Similar To
   • fatherly (what does fatherly mean?)
   • fatherlike (what does fatherlike mean?)
   • paternalistic (what does paternalistic mean?)
   See Also
   • patriarchal (what does patriarchal mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • fatherliness (what does fatherliness mean?)
   • paternal quality (what does paternal quality mean?)
3. Meaning
   • related on the father’’s side
   Synonym(s)
   • agnate (what does agnate mean?)
   • agnatic (what does agnatic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a paternal aunt
   Similar To
   • related (what does related mean?)
4. Meaning
   • belonging to or inherited from one’’s father
   Usage Example(s)
   • spent his childhood on the paternal farm
   • paternal traits
   Pertainym(s)
   • father (what does father mean?)
   • male parent (what does male parent mean?)
   • begetter (what does begetter mean?)