patriarchal

1. 1.

   characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

   Antonymsmatriarchal

   Similarpatriarchicpatricentric
2. 2.

   relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

Questions about patriarchal

What does patriarchal mean?

patriarchal means "characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in patriarchal?

patriarchal has 4 syllables: pa-tri-ar-chal. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkəl/.

What is the opposite of patriarchal?

The recorded antonyms are matriarchal.

Is patriarchal a common word?

patriarchal 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.

What rhymes with patriarchal?

1 word rhymes with patriarchal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.