Wiktionary
a. having the qualities of a father
WordNet
adj. like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective [syn: fatherly]
Usage examples of "fatherlike".
Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution a decade later, of which his fatherlike all open-minded artists and thinkerswas a victim.
In short, I had never had a significant, stable, fatherlike individual in my life.
I had never had a significant, stable, fatherlike individual in my life.
BE EVENHANDED, I should also tell a representative story about Featherstone, for he was fatherlike to me as well.
Anyone of similar fatherlike age might be asked to take care of these things.
She had seen that gentle side of him, the kind lover and the fatherlike mentor who had cared about Thwack and given the lad back his pride.
Over the time he had known Gellor, the one-eyed man had been many things to him - fatherlike, a mentor, a leader, a rescuer, and more.