parental

/P ER0 EH1 N T AH0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    A person fulfilling a parental role.

    “Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.”

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to a parent

  2. 2

    Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender

  3. 3

    Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid

Antonyms

filialfilial

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