paterfamilias paterfamiliarly • pateriform · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · paterfamilias · · Text Latin · · Script 13 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) the male head of family or tribe. Synonyms: patriarch. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · patriarch · · Synonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074