Antonyms of adj motherlike

1 sense of motherlike

Sense 1
motherlike -- (suggestive of or acting like a mother)

INDIRECT (VIA maternal) -> paternal -- (characteristic of a father)

Similarity of adj motherlike

1 sense of motherlike

Sense 1
motherlike -- (suggestive of or acting like a mother)
       => maternal (vs. paternal) -- (characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers)

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