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Words related to father
fa·ther
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father figure
a man embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the male parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its father. -
father substitute
a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment. -
fatherhood
the state of being a father. -
grandfather
the father of one's father or mother. -
helicopter parenting
a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort. -
papa
father.