comradery

noun

com·​rad·​ery ˈkäm-ˌra-d(ə-)rē 

-rə-drē,

-ˌrā-d(ə-)rē

: a feeling of friendliness, goodwill, and familiarity among the people in a group : camaraderie

… enjoyed the comradery of camping with his … friends.

—Kenneth H. Bruechert

A giant screen television phenomenon turns the cocktail hour or dinner into a scene of hilarity and warm comradery …

—The Wall Street Journal

I hate gym as I would any class that culminated in a group shower with twenty-seven boys, each of whom felt it a sublime statement of comradery to flick the wet end of a towel against another's backside.

—Robert Morrison

Did you know?

Comradery vs. camaraderie: Is there a difference?

Comradery and its much more common synonym camaraderie come from the French word camarade, which means "comrade," and whose Middle French ancestor was also the source for our word comrade. In Middle French, camarade was used to mean "roommate," "companion," or "a group sleeping in one room." It traces to the Late Latin word camera, meaning "chamber." Comradery was formed by attaching the -ry suffix (as found in wizardry and citizenry) to comrade.

Synonyms

• brotherhood
• camaraderie
• community
• companionship
• company
• comradeship
• fellowship
• society

Examples of comradery in a Sentence

the special comradery that exists between soldiers that have experienced the crucible of combat together

Recent Examples on the Web

So is the comradery. —Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2023

DiPiazza praised the comradery of the boys and girls soccer teams at Oak Mountain and also the fan support. —Cbuford, al, 31 Mar. 2023

With the shift to a remote workforce, many candidates are hungrier than ever for a real sense of team comradery, so tout what makes being a part of your company’s team so exciting and distinctive. —Brent Daub, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022

There was a genuine comradery that came with that. —Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2022

There’s also solace in comradery—knowing that other founders are in the same boat. —Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 17 Mar. 2023

The sense of comradery amongst the wait staff, thanks in part to the restaurant’s unique tip-pooling system, creates a palpable collective energy that most restaurateurs would chop off their right arm to bottle. —Christie Fitzpatrick, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2023

The comradery enriches the workplace, says Krista Krziyzek, vice president of human resources at the company’s corporate headquarters in Toronto. —Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023

There is so much comradery, so much shared experience. —Miruna Girtu, Forbes, 19 July 2022

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Word History

Etymology

see camaraderie

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above