family man

NOUN

man fond of family life

Synonyms

STRONGEST

married man

WEAK

husband man of the family patriarch

Example Sentences

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"Chris is resilience in abundance. He's a determined man, a family man and everything you would want in a role model."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He was just a family man from Oklahoma City who’d been on his way to visit relatives in the Middle East.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Pandaram, meanwhile, is an uxorious family man struggling to marry off a spoiled daughter, and the story turns on the scams and deceptions he faces in arranging her future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Jim Bob Duggar attempted a political comeback in 2021 when he ran for a vacated seat in the Arkansas state Senate, leaning on what he believed was his reputation as an upstanding family man.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He liked the idea of being a conventional person, a schoolteacher and family man, and Levittown was full of people seeking conventional lives.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove