Hyphenation of father

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word father ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

fa-ther

Definitions of father :

1.
A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
His father was born in Atlanta
2.
The founder of a family
Keep the faith of our forefathers
3.
`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church)
`Padre' is frequently used in the military
4.
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine
In the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church The best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome Those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
5.
A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
The tennis fathers ruled in her favor The city fathers endorsed the proposal
6.
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
Hear our prayers
7.
Heavenly Father
8.
A person who founds or establishes some institution
George Washington is the father of his country
9.
The head of an organized crime family
10.
Make children
Abraham begot Isaac Men often father children but don't recognize them

Synonyms of father :

nounmale parent, begetter, parent
noun forefather, sire, ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
noun Father, Padre, priest
nounChurch Father, Father of the Church, Father, theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
noun leader
noun Father, Father-God, Fatherhood, hypostasis
noun founder, beginner, founding father, originator, conceiver, mastermind
noun don, head, chief, top dog
verb beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth, make, create

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