brotherhood

Noun

Meaning

The state of being brothers or a brother.

An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.

The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.

Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fraternity association sodality fellowship union community friendship kinship comradeship trade union camaraderie labor union trades union brotherliness league
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Antonyms

sisterhood separation terrorism hostility antagonism havoc
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Hypernyms

class relationship organization kinship stratum friendliness

Hyponyms

IWW Industrial Workers of the World I.W.W. industrial union company union craft union

Phrases with the word

brotherhood of believers templar brotherhood jesuit brotherhood christian brotherhood religious brotherhood brotherhood of nations

Examples

Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. Learned Hand

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over. Germaine Greer

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! William Blake

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. Andrew Carnegie

Good brotherhood is the best wealth. Russian Proverb

The brotherhood of coconuts is a meeting in the cook-in pot. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

brothered brotherfucker brotherfucking brotherhood of believers brotherhood of nations brotherhood-in-arms