Filial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect.
  • adj. Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent.
  • adj. Genetics Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
  • adj. Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
  • adj. Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents.
  • adj. Bearing the relation of a child.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to or due from a child in relation to the parents.
  • Bearing the relation of a child.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
  • adj. relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
  • Equivalent
    daughterly   
    Antonym
    parental   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fraternal    unfeigned    reverent    parental    wifely    sisterly    conjugal    unquestioning    unselfish    fatherly