patriarch - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

Synonyms

• patriarch

More generic

• Methuselah
• graybeard
• greybeard
• old man

Noun

any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

Synonyms

• patriarch

More generic

• father
• forefather
• sire

More specific

• Jacob
• Simeon
• antediluvian
• antediluvian patriarch

Noun

the male head of family or tribe

Synonyms

• paterfamilias
• patriarch

More generic

• adult male
• head of household
• man

Noun

title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

Synonyms

• patriarch

More generic

• spiritual leader

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