Parental

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parental \Pa*ren"tal\, a. [L. parentalis.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental
        authority; parental obligations; parental affection.
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     2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender;


        affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
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              The careful course and parental provision of nature.
                                                    --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parental
       adj 1: designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid
              offspring are produced [ant: {filial}]
       2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
          "parental guidance" [syn: {maternal}, {paternal}] [ant: {filial}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "parental":
     adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, conjugal, covering,
     custodial, defensive, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fatherlike,
     fatherly, filial, fond, fostering, grandfatherly, grandmotherly,
     grandparental, guardian, guarding, husbandly, immunizing,
     languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal,
     melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, parent, paternal,
     patriarchal, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective,
     romantic, safeguarding, screening, sentimental, sheltering,
     shielding, soft, tender, tutelary, uxorious, vigilant, watchful,
     wifely