parent

1. 1.

   look after a child until it is an adult

   “raise a family”

   “bring up children”

   Synonymsrearraisebring upnurture

   Narrowerfledgecradlefoster

Other forms of parent

plural

parents·

past tense

parented·

present participle

parenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parent

What does parent mean?

parent means "a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parent?

parent has 2 syllables: par-ent. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹənt/.

What is another word for parent?

Close synonyms include rear, raise, bring up, nurture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of parent?

The recorded antonyms are child.

Is parent a common word?

parent is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with parent?

2 words rhyme with parent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.