Paternal

Definition:

• (a.) Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.
• (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.

Compare paternal with other words:

administrator vs. paternal

paternal vs. servile

paternal vs. patronizing

fatherlike vs. paternal

parental vs. paternal

paternal vs. uxorious

agnate vs. paternal

fatherly vs. paternal

maternal vs. paternal

paternal vs. paternally

filicide vs. paternal

paternal vs. paternalism

inherit vs. paternal

grandfather vs. paternal

paternal vs. sororal

filial vs. paternal

fraternal vs. paternal

pater vs. paternal

avuncular vs. paternal

father vs. paternal