- parental quality
- nouna quality appropriate to a parent• Hypernyms: ↑quality• Hyponyms: ↑motherliness, ↑maternalism, ↑maternal quality, ↑maternity, ↑fatherliness, ↑paternal quality
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parental quality
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parental — [adj] having the quality or nature of a parent affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective,… … New thesaurus
maternal quality — noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother the girl s motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children • Syn: ↑motherliness, ↑maternalism, ↑maternity • Derivationally related… … Useful english dictionary
paternal quality — noun the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears • Syn: ↑fatherliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fatherly (for: ↑fatherliness) … Useful english dictionary
maternalism — noun 1. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother the girl s motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children • Syn: ↑motherliness, ↑maternal quality, ↑maternity • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
motherliness — noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother the girl s motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children • Syn: ↑maternalism, ↑maternal quality, ↑maternity • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
fatherliness — noun the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears • Syn: ↑paternal quality • Derivationally related forms: ↑fatherly • Hypernyms: ↑parental quality … Useful english dictionary
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