parental
adjective
1 parental
Designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced.
2 parental
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent:
— Parental guidance.
Roget 166: paternal, parental; maternal; family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal.
Moby thesaurus: adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, conjugal, covering, custodial, defensive, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, fostering, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, guardian ... show more.
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