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paternal

• (a) belonging to or inherited from one's father
  • spent his childhood on the paternal farm
  • paternal traits
• (a) characteristic of a father
• (a) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
  • parental guidance
  parental, maternal,
• (s) related on the father's side
  • a paternal aunt
  agnate, agnatic,

Synonyms

parental maternal agnate agnatic

Antonyms

maternal filial

See also

patriarchal

Words of close approximity