Antonyms for begetter
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : bih-get |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɛt |
Definition of begetter
Origin :- mid-15c., agent noun from beget.
- As in originator : noun creator
- As in parent : noun person, source of product
- As in source : noun beginning; point of supply
- As in progenitor : noun forebear
- As in sire : noun father
- As in creator : noun inventor; god
- As in father : noun male person who begets children
- As in forebearer : noun family predecessor
- Begetter of intelligence reached by intuition, not reason, iii.
- Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
- Such were the deeds of the begetter and giver of being, Tepeuh, Gucumatz.
- Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
- It was a great and fruitful idea—and the Prince was its only begetter.
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 » by Charles L. Graves
- One form of the legend makes Tammuz the begetter of autumn vegetation.
- Extract from : « Sumerian Hymns » by Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh
- They loved; and Love is the parent of endurance, the begetter of courage.
- Extract from : « Pierre And His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- As is the begetter, so are they also that are begotten of him.
- Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Genesis » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
- Neither am I the only begetter of the fancies I am about to set forth.
- Extract from : « Tragic Sense Of Life » by Miguel de Unamuno
- She is valued first as a begetter of offspring, second as a domestic.
- Extract from : « Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic » by Sidney L. Gulick
- Who was the "only begetter" of these passionate offerings of the poet's love?
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 » by Various
- Nine-tenths of all the imaginative literature of the world is concerned with love and death, the begetter and the extinguisher.
- Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy
Synonyms for begetter
- ancestor
- antecedent
- architect
- ascendant
- author
- authority
- authorship
- begetter
- birthplace
- brain
- cause
- center
- commencement
- connection
- creator
- dad
- daddy
- dawn
- dawning
- deity
- derivation
- designer
- determinant
- discoverer
- expert
- father
- folks
- forebearer
- forefather
- forerunner
- founder
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- framer
- generator
- guardian
- horse's mouth
- inception
- informant
- initiator
- innovator
- inventor
- lord
- maker
- mastermind
- materfamilias
- maternity
- matriarch
- mother
- onset
- opening
- origin
- origination
- originator
- pa
- padre
- papa
- parent
- pater
- paterfamilias
- paternity
- patriarch
- pioneer
- pop
- precursor
- predecessor
- prime mover
- primogenitor
- procreator
- producer
- progenitor
- prototype
- provenance
- provenience
- relative
- rise
- rising
- root
- sire
- source
- specialist
- spring
- start
- starting point
- wellspring
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