Synonyms of the word 
FATHERLIKE → FATHERLY - PATERNAL
fatherlike
- adj. having the qualities of a father.
fatherly
- adj. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
- adj. Characteristic of fathers, paternal.
paternal
- adj. Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- adj. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- adj. Received or inherited from one's father.
- adj. Acting as a father.
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