'Fatherly' definitions:
Definition of 'fatherly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective [syn: fatherly, fatherlike]
Definition of 'Fatherly'
From: GCIDE
- Fatherly \Fa"ther*ly\, a.
- 1. Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. [1913 Webster]
- You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to a father. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fatherly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectionate,
- amiable,
- ancestorial,
- ancestral,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- caring,
- fatherlike,
- friendly,
- grandfatherly,
- grandmotherly,
- grandparental,
- indulgent,
- kind,
- kindly,
- maternal,
- mother,
- motherlike,
- motherly,
- parent,
- parental,
- paternal,
- patriarchal,
- protective,
- sympathetic,
- understanding,
- warm,
- well-meaning
Words containing 'Fatherly'
- Father,
- Fathered,
- Fathering,
- Our Father,
- To father on,
- Adoptive father,
- Apostolic father,
- Conscript fathers,
- Father Time,
- Father in God,
- Father longlegs,
- Father of lies,
- Father of the Faithful,
- Father of the bar,
- Father of the house,
- Fathers of the city,
- Foster father,
- Holy Father,
- Natural father,
- Penny father,
- Pilgrim fathers,
- Primitive Fathers,
- Putative father,
- Shrift father,
- Spiritual father,
- The Holy Father,
- To father upon,
- apostelic father,
- church father,
- city father,
- father brown,
- father christmas,
- father confessor,
- father figure,
- father of radio,
- father of the church,
- father of the submarine,
- father surrogate,
- father's day,
- founding father,
- pilgrim father,
- Conscript fathers etc,
- Father-God,
- Father-in-law,
- Father-lasher,
- Fathers-in-law,
- Most Reverend Father in God,
- To be gathered to one's fathers,
- father-figure,
- foster-father