Synonyms of the word

parental

• adj. of or relating to a parent.
• adj. (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
• n. A person fulfilling a parental role.

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.

maternal

• adj. Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly.
• adj. Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
• adj. (anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

paternal

• adj. Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
• adj. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
• adj. Received or inherited from one's father.
• adj. Acting as a father.