Synonyms for parental
pəˈrɛn tlparental

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1. parentaladjective

   designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

   Synonyms:
   paternal, maternal

   Antonyms:
   filial, daughterly

2. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

   Synonyms:
   enate, paternal, agnatic, maternal(p), agnate, enatic, maternal

   Antonyms:
   daughterly, filial

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1. • Genetics

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1. List of paraphrases for "parental":

   parenting, parents, parent, paternal, parentale, child-rearing, child-raising, biparental, childcare, patriarchal, parenthood

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How to use parental in a sentence?

1. The Associated Press:

   CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The U.S. Soccer Federation had argued that the womens team was paid under the structure the players asked for in the last collective bargaining agreement and that they asked for a very different contract that offered them more benefits, whichthe mens players did not -- including guaranteed annual salaries, medical and dental insurance, paid child-care assistance, paid pregnancy and parental leave, severance benefits, salary continuation during periods of injury, access to a retirement plan, multiple bonuses and more.

2. Stephanie Lundquist-Arora:

   They are getting into areas that are parental rights areas, and you should be able to have conversations with your children based on your own personal values, about what you think about gender identity or any kind of identity affirmation as it pertains to your children, and they're basically what we're seeing is public school is crossing into a jurisdiction where they don't belong in.

3. Jill Dunican:

   Concerned parents are unwilling to be intimidated. We will use our legal rights to public documents to keep district employees accountable and expose adults who promote gender confusion and inappropriate sexual content to children without parental consent.

4. Chris Christie:

   We need to focus on school choice, and parental choice, and parental involvement.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   It would overturn modest and overwhelmingly popular safeguards like waiting periods, informed consent laws and possibly even parental notification.