brother

noun

Son of the same parents as another person.

A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

(informal) A form of address to a man.

Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.

(African-American Vernacular) A fellow black man.

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

Title of respect for an adult male member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin.

Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.

A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.

(poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.

verb

(transitive) To treat as a brother.

Synonyms for brother

sistern buddyn stepbrothern nephewn cousinn siblingn paln brethrenn unclen niecen stepsistern comraden sonn fathern grandunclen chumn grandnephewn sisn daughtern friendn grandniecen

Words related to brother

cousinlyadj heteronymousadj telegonyadj sororaladj eldestadj stepsonn grandsonn stepfathern stepdad auntsn kinswomann stepdaughtern grandauntn sisterlyadj sororatev granddaughtern godsonn sibshipn dadn

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