1
[ adjective ] like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective

Synonyms

fatherlike

Related terms

paternal

2
[ adjective ] showing the affection of a father

Related terms

loving

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Rhymes with

motherly southerly northerly brotherly weatherly early somberly utterly improperly orderly disorderly overly properly elderly scholarly formerly unnaturally miserly eagerly tenderly irregularly popularly entirely particularly singularly circularly regularly spectacularly peculiarly quarterly soberly leisurely gingerly cleverly bitterly painterly neighborly linearly northwesterly easterly quarterly similarly curly pearly burly surly kimberley masterly painterly westerly northeasterly

Phonetic and Homophones

F AA1 DH ER0 L IY0

Similar Spelling

fatherlike fatherless fatherland

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