Related Words for father figure

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stepfather
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Noun
parent
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Noun
ancestor
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Noun
foster father
/x/x
Name, Name
patriarch
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Noun
authority figure
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
governor
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Noun
patron
/x
Noun
figurehead
/xx
Noun
family friend
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
grandpa
/x
Noun
representative
xx/xx
Noun
role model
//x
Phrase, Noun
pops
/
Name
grand old man
///
Name, Name
single parent
/x/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
the man
x/
Phrase, Noun
heir
/
Noun
elder
/x
Noun
front man
//
Phrase, Noun
uncle
/x
Noun
sire
/x
Noun
caretaker
/xx
Noun
actor
/x
Noun
chief
/
Noun
leader
/x
Noun
captain
/x
Noun
boss
/
Noun
vicar
/x
Noun
grandparent
/xx
Noun
figure
/x
Noun
guardian
/xx
Noun
predecessor
/xxx
Noun
godfather
/xx
Noun
doyen
/x
Noun
leading man
/x/
Phrase, Noun
protégé
/
Noun
husband
/x
Noun
forerunner
/xx
Noun
brother
/x
Noun
senior
/x
Name
exemplar
x/x
Noun
persona
x/x
Noun
spokesman
/x
Noun
chief of state
///
Phrase, Noun
sibling
/x
Noun
front
/
Noun
head of household
///x
Phrase, Noun
shepherd
/x
Noun
first among equals
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
man of the people
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
face
/
Noun
foster parent
/x/x
Name, Name
big brother
//x
Name, Name
master
/x
Noun
vice
/
Noun
former
/x
Noun
elder statesman
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
stepparent
//x
Noun
king
/
Noun
ascendant
x/x
Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
fellow
/x
Noun
surrogate
/xx
Noun
chairman
/x
Noun
dignitary
/xxx
Noun
officer
/xx
Noun
paragon
/xx
Noun
chaperone
/xx
Noun
gossip
/x
Noun
focal
/x
Adjective
eldest
/x
Noun
relative
/xx
Adjective
president
/xx
Noun
protector
x/x
Noun
guardian angel
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
chaperon
/xx
Noun
stepson
/x
Noun
number one
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
official
x/x
Noun
guru
/x
Noun
commander
x/x
Noun
old man
//
Name, Name
significant other
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
author
/x
Noun
grand
/
Noun
spokesperson
/xx
Noun
personage
/xx
Noun
aba
x/
Name
abba
/x
Name
abbey
/x
Noun
abbot
/x
Noun
abbé
/
Noun
abe
/
Name, Verb
add
/
Verb, Noun
adorable
x/xx
Adjective
adored
x/
Adjective
ahs
/
Noun
ailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
allow
x/
Verb
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anatomy
x/xx
Noun
annex
/x
Noun, Verb
apa
xx
Name
apostate
x/x
Noun, Adjective
appear
x/
Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
are
/
Noun
artwork
/x
Noun
attic
/x
Noun, Adjective
august
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
aunt
/
Noun
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
award
x/
Noun, Verb
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bear claw
//
Phrase, Noun
beatrix
/x
Name
beget
x/
Verb
beginner
x/x
Noun
behalf
x/
Noun
believe
x/
Verb
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
bod
/
Noun
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bounded
/x
Adjective
box
/
Noun, Verb
breakdown
/x
Noun
bridegroom
/x
Noun
bring forth
//
Phrase, Verb
budget
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
calculate
/xx
Verb
calculation
xx/x
Noun
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
cardiologist
xx/xx
Noun
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
chart
/
Noun, Verb
chassis
/x
Noun
cipher
/x
Noun, Verb
clown
/
Noun, Verb
cofounder
//x
Noun
colonizer
/xxx
Noun
comprise
x/
Verb
compute
x/
Verb, Noun
congressman
/xx
Noun
consort
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contain
x/
Verb
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
count on
//
Phrase, Verb
cubist
/x
Noun, Adjective
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cypher
/x
Noun, Verb
dad
/
Noun, Verb
dada
/x
Noun
daddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
damascene
x//
Noun, Adjective, Verb
data
/x
Noun
dato
/x
Name
daughter
/x
Noun
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
death
/
Noun
decal
xx
Noun, Verb
decide
x/
Verb
deduct
x/
Verb
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
deified
/xx
Noun
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
design
x/
Noun, Verb
device
x/
Noun
diagram
/xx
Noun, Verb
differentiate
xx/xx
Verb, Noun
digit
/x
Noun, Verb
digital
/xx
Adjective, Name
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
doting
/x
Adjective, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
easel
/x
Noun
eight
/
Noun, Adjective
emblem
/x
Noun, Verb
encode
x/
Verb, Noun
encrypt
x/
Verb
engender
x/x
Verb
enlightenment
x/xx
Noun
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
envision
x/x
Verb
estimate
/xx
Noun, Verb
exaggeration
xxx/x
Noun
exhibit
x/x
Noun, Verb
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
extrapolate
x/xx
Verb
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
fad
/
Noun
fader
/x
Noun
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fancy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
fella
/x
Noun
fig
/
Name, Verb
figural
x/x
Adjective
figurative
/xxx
Adjective
figure eight
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
figure of speech
/x//
Phrase, Noun
figurine
xx/
Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
flesh
/
Noun, Verb
flowchart
/x
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
form
/
Noun, Verb
format
/x
Noun, Verb
founder
/x
Noun, Verb
founding father
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fraction
/x
Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
friend
/
Noun, Verb
gauge
/
Noun, Verb
generate
/xx
Verb
genre
/x
Noun, Verb
geometric
xx/x
Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
girl
/
Noun, Verb
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
god
/
Name, Verb
godmother
/xx
Noun, Verb
grandfather
/xx
Noun, Verb
grandmother
/xx
Noun
graph
/
Noun, Verb
graphic
/x
Adjective, Noun
graphical
/xx
Adjective
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
guess
/
Verb, Noun
hobbies
/x
Noun
honored
/x
Adjective