FATHERLESS Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

fatherless

adjective

Definition of fatherless

as in motherless

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legitimate

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Recent Examples of fatherless That his children are fatherless because his ideas and his beliefs differed from somebody else, apparently. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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motherless

Adjective

The fifteen titles include Hosam Abu Dan’s Gaza-shot drama Thirteen in Gaza, a coming-of-age drama about a motherless thirteen-year-old living with her father in a Gaza displacement camp without privacy or protection.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Cathy leaves her twin boys motherless, but Adam leaves them fatherless.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of motherless

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fatherlands

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