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father figure
noun as in father substitute
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Because I don’t have a dad, he was also the closest thing I had to a father figure in my life.
That pledge broadened when he realized he wasn’t the only kid without a dad around, so he doubled-down and decided he’d also help anyone else who needed a father figure.
She belongs to the same political faction as Mori and has described him as a father figure in the past.
On the big screen, a head coach is typically part father figure, part disciplinarian extracting the utmost from his team.
And he was a mentor, close friend, and father figure to Rev. Al Sharpton.
Mad Men is very big on surrogate parents on the show, and Roger always viewed Bert as a surrogate father figure.
On Friday Night Lights, Coach Taylor is as much a father figure to the boys on the Dillon Panthers as he is their play caller.
"He was regarded by Cressida as a father figure," a friend of Miss Bonas told the Daily Beast.
So it was like meeting some sort of father figure, whose approval you always wanted.
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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to father figure, such as: father image, father surrogate, substitute, and surrogate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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