brother

Speech parts

1. brother - Noun

2. brother - Verb

3. brother - Interjection

Meaning

A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.

One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.

One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.

To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

comrade pal buddy blood brother friar monk kinsman chum mate brethren cleric sidekick crony bro brotherhood
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Antonyms

sister sis mother superior challenger abbess female
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Hypernyms

member monk friend monastic fellow member male sibling

Hyponyms

mason big brother freemason half-brother stepbrother cobber

Phrases with the word

big brother Christian Brother lil brother brother's sister ditto, brother smut Robert is your father's brother

Derivatives

brothers brethren brothered

Anagrams

borther

Examples

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well. John Chrysostom

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation. John Chrysostom

Silence is a brother of delight. Arabic Proverb

He who eats alone is Satan's brother. Persian Proverb

A brother is like one's shoulder. Somali Proverb

Close letter words and terms

brothellike brothelly brothelry brother chip brother from another mother brother german