fatherlike

1. 1.

   like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective

   Synonymsfatherly

   Similarpaternal

Questions about fatherlike

What does fatherlike mean?

fatherlike means "like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective".

How many syllables are in fatherlike?

fatherlike has 3 syllables and divides as fa-ther-like under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fatherlike?

Close synonyms include fatherly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.