Synonyms for dad

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dad

Phonetic Transcription : dæd

Définition of dad

Origin : recorded from c.1500, but probably much older, from child's speech, nearly universal and probably prehistoric (cf. Welsh tad, Irish daid, Czech, Latin, Greek tata, Lithuanian tete, Sanskrit tatah, all of the same meaning).

noun father

Example sentences :

Dad and the mater both say the same now—they're more severe than I was.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Don't mind him, dad—I know all about it, I tell you—I'll explain later to you.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

And meantime, I'll run down to Dad's office, and have him back here in half an hour.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

"You'll see what we'll do next summer, Dad," she said cheerily.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

We'll have a champagne supper, with cider for champagne, eh, dad?
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Dad says he wishes I'd take the job steady, though he didn't know why I was doing it.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

When Dad was my age he kept two sets of books, one by day and the other at night.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Of course that was the kind of thing that Dad and I would stop darned quick.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Dad has never worked that way and you're not to do it on any account—least of all on account of me.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

We had named our small son after Dad and they were the most splendid chums.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

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