- of or relating to a parent.
- proper to or characteristic of a parent: parental feelings.
- having the relation of a parent
- pertaining to the sequence of generations preceding the filial generation, each generation being designated by a P followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.
- one's parent: I'm headed for a vacation with the parentals.
- of or relating to a parent or parenthood
- designating the first generation in a line, which gives rise to all succeeding (filial) generations
