Synonyms of fathering

fathering 1 of 2

noun

as in fatherhood

Related Words

• fatherhood
• paternity
• rearing
• upbringing
• mothering
• raising
• motherhood
• parenting
• maternity
• parenthood
• caregiving
• caretaking

fathering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of father

as in siring

to become the father of

Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered

Synonyms & Similar Words

• siring
• spawning
• producing
• begetting
• reproducing
• getting
• propagating
• multiplying
• generating
• procreating
• engendering
• gendering
• bearing

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Recent Examples of fathering

Verb

Shi was also alleged to have committed criminal offenses and violated Buddhist precepts by maintaining relationships with multiple women over a long period and fathering at least one child, according to a notice from the temple’s authority on its WeChat account at that time. —Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

For CEOs, fathering a daughter can hold even more transformational potential—for gender equality and social responsibility—up to a point. —Corinne Post, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Delivering bad news In 2001, Jesse faced a scandal for having an affair that resulted in him fathering a child. —Rick Davis, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026

Crowe believes that Maximus fathering a son with a woman other than his wife tarnishes his character's legacy, as the gladiator's primary motivation in the original film is to avenge the deaths of his wife and son. —Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025

The novel opens as the teenage Karl Rossmann, whose parents shipped him off to America for fathering a child when he was seduced by the family’s thirty-five-year-old cook, arrives on a steamer in New York harbor and sees the Statue of Liberty holding not the emblematic torch but rather a sword. —Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025

In June, the singer filed for a temporary restraining order and alleged that Wagner made false claims about living at her property, being in a relationship with her and fathering her child. —Bryan West, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

Josh O’Connor, at his filthy best, plays a disillusioned ’70s suburban dad married to Alana Haim and vaguely fathering a pair of pathologically chatty sons as the Vietnam War and its attendant protests color the world around them. —Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE last week, the New England Patriots wide receiver is being accused by Lopera, who goes by Lord Gisselle on Instagram, of fathering a baby girl, who was born this past April. —Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025