brother

Nouns

  • (n) a male with the same parents as someone else
    • my brother still lives with our parents
    blood brother,
  • (n) a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
    • none of his brothers would betray him
  • (n) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick,
  • (n) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
    • Greetings, comrade!
    comrade,
  • (n) (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
    • a Benedictine Brother

Synonyms

blood brother buddy chum crony pal sidekick comrade

Antonyms

sis sister

Words of close approximity

brothel
brothel
brotherhood brother-in-law brotherlike brotherly brotherly love