half-brother

Noun

Meaning

A brother by one parent, but not by both.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

half brother

Synonyms

half-brother stepbrother bud big brother friar father Son buddy brotherly brother daughter BIG sister cousin twin
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Antonyms

man nemesis female enemy minor opposition
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Hypernyms

brother blood brother

Related terms

half-sister half uncle half cousin

Examples

America thou half-brother of the world! With something good and bad of every land. Philip James Bailey

I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, it's just another normal. Lea Salonga

Adalbert had five natural brothers: Soběslav (Slavnik's heir; died 1004), Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav, and a half-brother named Radim of his father's liaison with another woman. Source: Internet

After believing she has no family except her twin sister Ursula ( Lisa Kudrow ), Phoebe becomes acquainted with her half-brother ( Giovanni Ribisi ) and birth mother ( Teri Garr ). Source: Internet

After Terry Burns, his half-brother, introduced him to modern jazz, his enthusiasm for players like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane led his mother to give him a plastic alto saxophone in 1961; he was soon receiving lessons from a local musician. Source: Internet

Alfonso of Castile, half-brother of Henry IV and puppet pretender handled by the nobility, granted him the Lordship of Gibraltar (Ninth Siege of Gibraltar). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

half-breed half-breed mongrel half-broken half-built half-caf Half-caftan