Synonyms for father figure
fa·ther fig·ure

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1. father-figurenoun

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

2. father figure, father surrogatenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   father surrogate

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1. surrogate father

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

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1. Tiffany Haddish:

   [ Saget ] was like a big mentor to me, a big brother, a father figure. Bob Saget meant a lot to me, funny man. He was the first White man to ever tell me,' Just be yourself, just be who you are, Tiffany. Don't worry about nothing. Just be you.' That was huge for me.

2. Bill Hader:

   Henry Winkler is just very incredibly open and he's just one of the sweetest guys in the world, and he's like the father figure on set.

3. Pete Snyder:

   You can be a father figure and a productive force for the party or you can be Harry Reid, but you can’t be both.

4. Todd Bowles:

   He is the most influential coaching figure and father figure that I have ever had in this league.

5. Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge:

   I've worked with Pinter for more or less 10 years, almost exclusively really ... He was a great mentor, a great friend, almost a father figure to me, i've loved this play ... I think it's probably one of the best plays in the last 50 years.