Dad
Dad noun - A male human parent.
Usage example: my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom
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Synonyms for Dad
Stepfather and dad are semantically related. in father topic. In some cases you can use "Stepfather" instead a noun "Dad".
Stepfather
Stepfather noun - The husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage.
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Synonyms for Stepfather
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- In Carl Sagan's Contact, the man Ellie thought of as her curmudgeonly stepfather turns out to be her biological father, and her late, loving "dad" was merely the man who raised her.
Source: Glorified Sperm Donor - Insistent Terminology: Emaline from The Moon and More has both her biological father and stepfather in her life; she calls her biological father "my father" and the man who raised her "my dad".
Source: Creator / Sarah Dessen - Elementary: Joan Watson's birth father was gone from her life at an early age, though she became close with her stepfather, calling him Dad (he's also where she gets her last name).
Source: Disappeared Dad
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Stepfather and Dad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dad/stepfather
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