PATERNAL

parental, maternal, paternal

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; “parental guidance”

paternal

(adjective) characteristic of a father

agnate, agnatic, paternal

(adjective) related on the father’s side; “a paternal aunt”

paternal

(adjective) belonging to or inherited from one’s father; “spent his childhood on the paternal farm”; “paternal traits”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

paternal (comparative more paternal, superlative most paternal)

Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family

Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

Received or inherited from one's father.

Acting as a father

Antonyms

• maternal – mother

Coordinate terms

• avuncular – uncle

• maternal – mother

• materteral – aunt

Anagrams

• parental, prenatal

Source: Wiktionary

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Pa*ter"nal, a. Etym: [L. paternus, fr. pater a father: cf. F. paternel. See Father.]

1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care. "Under paternal rule." Milton.

2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate. Their small paternal field of corn. Dryden. Paternal government (Polit. Science), the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own afffairs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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