Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foster_father

1 sense of foster father

Sense 1
foster-father, foster father -- (a man who is a foster parent)
       => foster-parent, foster parent -- (a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child)
       => father figure, father surrogate -- (a man who takes over all the functions of the real father)