Synonyms of the word

parent

• n. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
• n. A surrogate mother.
• n. A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material.
• n. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
• n. (obsolete) A relative.
• n. The source or origin of something.
• n. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
• n. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
• n. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
• v. To act as parent, to raise or rear.

genitor

• n. a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
• n. a generator; an originator.
• n. (obsolete, in the plural) The genitals.

nurture

• n. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
• n. That which nourishes; food; diet.
• n. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
• v. To nourish or nurse.
• v. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

rear

• v. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. ("Raise" is more…
• v. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. (Less common than "raise" in American…
• v. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
• v. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
• v. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
• v. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up.
• v. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
• v. (transitive) To move; stir.
• v. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
• v. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
• adj. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
• adj. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
• adj. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
• adv. (Britain, dialect) early; soon.
• n. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
• n. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
• n. (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
• v. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
• v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex).