fatherless

1. 1.

   having no living father

   Similarunparented
2. 2.

   not having a known or legally responsible father

   Similarillegitimate

Questions about fatherless

What does fatherless mean?

fatherless means "having no living father". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fatherless?

fatherless has 3 syllables: fa-ther-less. The stress falls on "fa". In IPA it is /ˈfɑðɚləs/.

Is fatherless a common word?

fatherless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.