| Fatherless 1. (a.) Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child. 2. (a.) Without a known author. Thesaurus Entries abandoned, aidless, baseborn, bastard, bereaved, bereft, defenseless, deprived, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guideless, helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, misbegotten, motherless, natural, orphan, orphaned, outcast, parentless, pregnable, spurious, supposititious, unfriended, unprotected, untenable, vulnerable, widowed |