daughter

noun
daugh·ter
dôʹtər

One’s female offspring.

Example

“I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.”

Other meanings

A female descendant.
A daughter language.

Synonyms

girl

Antonyms

father
parent

Related words

captain's daughter
daughtered
daughterfucker
daughterhood
daughtering
daughterkin
daughterlike
daughterness
daughtership
King's Daughters
merdaughter
daughterboard

Example sentences

“My daughter is an honor student.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“He made the sign of the cross over his young daughter.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "dohtor".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “daughter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.