father figure 
noun
An older man who is respected for his paternal qualities and may be an emotional substitute for a father: his life was anchored by the rock-like presence of a reassuring father figure...
- If you do not have a father, a common substitute is a father figure or even your brother would make a very nice gesture.
- The instructor had been an older man and someone that Carl had seen as a father figure, a substitute to fill part of a missing piece of his life.
- Personally I didn't respect him as a father figure, but lots of kids did.
- phonetization
- phonetize
- be written (or engraved or set) in stone
- bey
- beyond
- beyond (all) reason
- beyond (also†above) (a person's) expectance
- beyond belief
- beyond comparison
- beyond description
- beyond doubt
- beyond measure
- beyond one's wildest dreams
- beyond (or past) redemption
- beyond (or within) one's means
- beyond (or without) dispute
- beyond (or without) price
- beyond recall
- beyond recognition
- beyond the black stump
- beyond the pale
- beyond the veil
- bezant
- bezel
- bezique