Father-figure and Father surrogate

Father-figure noun - A man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically.

Father surrogate and father-figure are semantically related. in father substitute topic. In some cases you can use "Father surrogate" instead a noun phrase "Father-figure".

Father surrogate noun - A man who takes over all the functions of the real father.

Father-figure and father surrogate are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Father-figure" with "Father surrogate", this phrases are similar.