1
as in dad
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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as in ancestor
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours
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Recent Examples of daddy
Even after Mando saves him from the arena, Rotta's daddy issues constitute his entire personality.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
If his film’s fetishized heroine manages to claw her way back out by the end, conquering her daddy issues and taking on the boogeyman, most of us are still stuck down there.
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Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
For here is John Lennon setting himself up as a new kind of hands-on daddy.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Where else but the French Riviera could one first see Alexander Skarsgård becoming a dominant daddy in last year’s Pillion?
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Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for daddy
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
If his film’s fetishized heroine manages to claw her way back out by the end, conquering her daddy issues and taking on the boogeyman, most of us are still stuck down there.
—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
For here is John Lennon setting himself up as a new kind of hands-on daddy.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Where else but the French Riviera could one first see Alexander Skarsgård becoming a dominant daddy in last year’s Pillion?
—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for daddy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
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Both his parents supported him making the roughly 8,000-mile journey around the world, his dad in particular.
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Carr always had his dad, Chris Carr, to lean on during his journey as a basketball player.
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Kean comes from a long line of public servants, stretching 250 years to the country’s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader since independence.
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One of these is likely the evolutionary ancestor of all that is to come.
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The news of the arrest caught the attention of the family of Amy McHale, a woman who was once married to Horsch’s father and disappeared nearly 10 years ago.
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Her oldest sister, Sonia Gonzalez, said Gonzalez reminds her a lot of their father, who reinvented himself many times over the years.
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The group, which includes Chrysler, Fiat, Peugeot and Citroen, is becoming a forerunner in the promising progress of a new type of vehicle battery.
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In 2007, the Oatley family opened Qualia, their 30-acre flagship property and the forerunner of Australia’s luxury lodges.
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Sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have topped daily warm records for more than 20 days in June, a precursor to what many scientists expect to be one of the strongest El Niño events on record.
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Today, financial independence is often about knowledge—and career opportunity—as a precursor to power.
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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