prodigal sonnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌprɒd.ɪ.ɡəl ˈsʌn/us/ˌprɑː.dɪ.ɡəl ˈsʌn/a man or boy who has left his family in order to do something that the family disapprove of and has now returned home feeling sorry for what he has done:
figurative The prodigal son has returned to the team after a three-year absence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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