Synonyms for paternity
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Noun
fatherhood, authorship, fathership, fatherness, dadness informal, papaship dated rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
Forms
- Plural
- paternities → fatherhoods, authorships, fatherships…
Example sentences
- authorship This student claimed authorship of an essay she clearly did not write.
- fatherhood Tom had no conception of what fatherhood entailed.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| paternity | rising | |
| authorship | rising | |
| fatherhood | rising | |
| fathership | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- dadness
- 8 letters
- papaship
- 10 letters
- authorship3, fatherhood3, fathership, fatherness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (authorship3 = 3 syllables).