Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 19 compound words that contain parents. The most common are listed below. Open parents in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- single parentsplural of single parent: A parent who is the only guardian of offspring.
- adoptive parentsplural of adoptive parent: A person who adopts a child and brings it up as their own.
- foster parentsplural of foster parent: An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
- parents-in-lawplural of parent-in-law: One's spouse's parent.
- where are your parents
- parents' eveningAn evening consisting of short meetings between a parent and their child's teachers to discuss the child's academic progress.
- step-parentsplural of step-parent: One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent.
- grand-parentsthird-person singular simple present indicative of grand-parent: The parent of someone's parent.
- birth parentsplural of birth parent: A biological parent of an adopted child.
- co-parentsplural of co-parent: Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as
- parents' rightsA civil rights movement interested in human rights affecting parents related to family law.
- plant parentsplural of plant parent: A person who grows a plant or plants.
- helicopter parentsplural of helicopter parent: A parent who pays an inordinate amount of attention to their children and often makes decisions, particularly educational ones, normally the province of the student.
- bonus parentsplural of bonus parent: A person who serves in a parental role to a child who has a different biological parent, with or without formally marrying the child’s other parent or going through the formal process of adoption.
- Disney parentsplural of Disney parent: A non-custodial parent who eludes disciplinary responsibilities over their children and pampers them with treats or gifts.
- buddy parentsplural of buddy parent: A parent who uses a very friendly approach to raising children rather than an authoritarian one.
- sugar parentsplural of sugar parent: A person who spends money for the benefit of a younger person, typically in exchange for companionship or sexual favors.
- gold star parentsplural of gold star parent: The parent of a member of the U.S. armed forces who was killed in action.
- solo parentsplural of solo parent: A single parent, resulting from divorce or separation, or by the death of the other parent, who is raising a family in the absence of the other parent
- cottage parentsplural of cottage parent: A member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.
- pollen parentsplural of pollen parent: The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen.
- surrogate parentsplural of surrogate parent: A person who takes care of a child when the normal parents are unavailable.
- noncustodial parentsplural of noncustodial parent: The parent (either of a separated pair) with whom a child or children do not live the majority of the time.
- snowplow parentsplural of snowplow parent: A parent who intervenes to prevent their child from facing obstacles and difficulties.
- iPad parentsplural of iPad parent: A parent who allows their child near-unlimited (usually unsupervised) screen time; a parent who lets a tablet computer, such as an iPad, raise their child.
Compound words 19
- grandparentsplural of grandparent: The parent of someone's parent.
- godparentsplural of godparent: A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
- birthparentsplural of birthparent: A biological parent of an adopted child
- stepparentsplural of stepparent: One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent.
- alloparentsplural of alloparent: An adult animal or person involved in parent-like behaviour towards an individual that is not their offspring.
- bioparentsplural of bioparent: biological parent
- foreparentsplural of foreparent: a forefather or foremother (used as a gender-neutral equivalent)
- guideparentsplural of guideparent: A person who, at a child's naming ceremony, agrees to help raise the child (especially in a non-religious setting)
- heliparentsplural of heliparent: helicopter parent.
- houseparentsplural of houseparent: A housemother or housefather.