father figure

Noun

Meaning

a man who takes over all the functions of the real father

a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

father-figure

Synonyms

father surrogate papa daddy father dad pop substitute surrogate sire paterfamilias PA old man begetter father figure old boy
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Antonyms

mamma mama baba mammy mommy mother
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Hypernyms

man adult male

Hyponyms

stepfather foster father

Examples

I'm very moved by chaos theory, and that sense of energy. That quantum physics. We don't really, in Hindu tradition, have a father figure of a God. It's about cosmic energy, a little spark of which is inside every individual as the soul. Bharati Mukherjee

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it. Larry McMurtry

I was always looking for the same man - a strong father figure. Evelyn Keyes

I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend. Frank Gifford

My dad's not a very intimidating father figure. Georgia May Jagger

I never had a father figure so I never missed it. Jamie Bell

Close letter words and terms

Father Christmas father christmases father confessor father fixation Father Frost father hunger