daughters
Girls to parents
Daughters is the plural of daughter—a female child in relation to her parents.
The word extends to female descendants generally and to women connected by origin or allegiance: daughters of the American Revolution, a daughter of the South.
In scientific contexts, daughter describes something derived from a parent source: daughter cells, daughter isotopes.
Male offspring collectively
- parentsMother and father
- mothersFemale parents collectively
- fathersMale parents collectively
- siblingsFellow offspring
sisters · brothers · grandparents · grandchildren · family · relatives · offspring · children
Property received from ancestors
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- successionFollowing in order
- lineageDescent from progenitors
heritage · tradition · namesake · matrilineage · passing down · family business · estate · dowry
Respect owed to parents
- daddy's girlDaughter favored by father
- dowryMarital property transfer
- bride priceGroom's payment to in-laws
- arranged marriageFamily-selected spousal pairing
honor · chastity · protection · marriageable · betrothal · princess · cherished · blessing
Life's earliest phase
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- pubertySexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
innocence · growth · development · self-discovery · friendships · sleepovers · diary · dreams
sons
Male offspring collectively
siblings · sisters · brothers · grandparents · grandchildren · family · relatives · offspring · children · progeny
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- successionFollowing in order
lineage · heritage · tradition · namesake · matrilineage · passing down · family business · estate · dowry · trousseau
filial piety
Respect owed to parents
- daddy's girlDaughter favored by father
- dowryMarital property transfer
- bride priceGroom's payment to in-laws
arranged marriage · honor · chastity · protection · marriageable · betrothal · princess · cherished · blessing · favorite
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- pubertySexual development stage
coming-of-age · innocence · growth · development · self-discovery · friendships · sleepovers · diary · dreams · aspirations
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- protectionGuarding against harm
- bondingForming close connections
affection · encouragement · mothering · fathering · raising · rearing · teaching · mentoring · support · discipline
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- womenmothers, women, females, gals, girls
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- groups of girlssisters, schoolgirls, nieces, girl scouts, sorority girls
- Book of JobJob, Satan, Yahweh, God, Leviathan
- Roman householdfamilia, domus, paterfamilias, materfamilias, pater
daughtersmothers
Female parents collectively
grandmothers · foremothers · parents · female ancestors · moms
daughtersfathers
Male parents collectively
parents · ancestors · forebears · progenitors · patriarchs
- only daughterFamily's singular female offspring
- foster daughterGirl raised by non-parents
- sons and daughters
- daughter cellCell from division
- eldest daughterOldest female offspring
- farmer's daughterFemale child of agriculturalist
daughter, granddaughter, stepdaughter, granddaughters, daughter-in-law, goddaughter, stepdaughters, daughterly, daughterhood