All fatherlike synonyms

adjective fatherlike

• fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
• affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
• benevolent — If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
• benign — You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless.
• forbearing — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
• indulgent — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
• kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
• kindly — having, showing, or proceeding from a benevolent disposition or spirit; kindhearted: kindly people.
• parental — of or relating to a parent.
• paternal — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
• patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
• protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
• supportive — giving support.
• tender — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.