Father figure
Father figure noun - A man who takes over all the functions of the real father.
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Substitute and father figure are semantically related. in father substitute topic. In some cases you can use "Substitute" instead a noun phrase "Father figure".
Substitute
Substitute noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.
Father figure and substitute are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Father figure" with "Substitute", this terms are similar.
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Parental Substitute: In Curtain, Hastings mentions that Poirot has been a father figure to him.
Source: Series / Poirot - Parental Substitute: In "Blood Is Thicker Than Death," Lucas loses faith in his father and Kriegman swoops in to be his arch-foe's son's father figure.
Source: Series / The War Next Door -
Parental Substitute: Alan took over as father figure to Sam after Kevin disappears.
Source: Film / TRON: Legacy
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