Fatherly

//ˈfɑːðəli//

Synonyms for "fatherly" (31 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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similar

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Translations

71 translations across 35 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • atëror adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • atëror adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Arabic

1 entries
  • أَبَوِيّ adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հայրական adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • հայրական adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • айцо́ўскі adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • айцо́ўскі adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)
  • ба́цькаўскі adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • ба́цькаўскі adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ба́щински adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • ба́щински adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Catalan

3 entries
  • patern adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)
  • paternal adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • paternal adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Czech

2 entries
  • otcovský adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • otcovský adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Danish

1 entries
  • faderlig adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vaderlijk adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Finnish

2 entries
  • isällinen adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • isällinen adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

French

2 entries
  • paternel adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • paternel adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მამობრივი adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • მამობრივი adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)
  • მამური adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • მამური adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

German

2 entries
  • väterlich adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • väterlich adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Greek

2 entries
  • πατρικός adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • πατρικός adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֲבָהִי adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • אֲבָהִי adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पैतृक adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • पैतृक adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Italian

1 entries
  • paterno adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Latin

2 entries
  • paternus adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • paternus adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • tėvinis adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)
  • tėviškas adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • татковски adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Middle English

1 entries
  • faderly adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • faderlig adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • پدری adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • پدری adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Persian

1 entries
  • پدرانه adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Polish

2 entries
  • ojcowski adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • ojcowski adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • patern adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Russian

4 entries
  • оте́ческий adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • оте́ческий adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)
  • отцо́вский adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • отцо́вский adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ȍčīnskī adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • о̏чӣнскӣ adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Slovak

2 entries
  • otcovský adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • otcovský adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • očetovski adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Swedish

1 entries
  • faderlig adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Tajik

1 entries
  • падарона adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)

Turkish

2 entries
  • pederane adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • pederane adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ба́тьківський adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • ба́тьківський adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)
  • оте́цький adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • оте́цький adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Welsh

2 entries
  • tadol adj (characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood)
  • tadol adj (characteristic of fathers, paternal)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom gave his son some fatherly advice.

Source: tatoeba (2641121)

I'll give you some fatherly advice.

Source: tatoeba (4141209)

Ziri never acted in a fatherly manner.

Source: tatoeba (11035788)

fatherly advice

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.