fella

noun

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fel·la | \ ˈfe-lə

variants: or less commonly feller \ ˈfe-lər

plural fellas also fellers

Definition of fella

informal : fellow sense 4c, man sense 1a(1) a nice fella "The fella who does the windows here sometimes puts a striped shirt with a striped tie and a striped suit …"— Teri Agins A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is—that appeals to people.— Rebecca Winters Keegan Moments when a feller needs a friend and so forth.— P. G. Wodehouse Gunnysack Johnson observed that "nobody can talk as interestingly as the feller that's not hampered by facts or information."— Jim Reed

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Synonyms for fella

Synonyms

bastard,
bloke
[chiefly British],
buck,
cat,
chap
[chiefly British],
chappie
[British],
dude,
fellow,
galoot
[slang],
gent,
gentleman,
guy,
hombre,
jack,
joe,
joker,
lad,
male,
man

Examples of fella in a Sentence

He's not a bad fella. She has a new fella.

Recent Examples on the Web And now the big fella is gonna do the Ickey Shuffle a very short distance. — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022 Cut in between moments of West bartering with his surgeon for faster healing options are clips of him going door-to-door at the Roc-a-fella offices, essentially pleading for people to listen to his music. — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2022 Hear Mitchell, the team’s leader, talk and the message is clear: Nothing’s been good enough so far, much more is yet to be done, much work and focus and sacrifice are required, all the stuff that that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fella mentioned has merit. — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Jan. 2022 That Seth accepts the nickname without being so gauche as to acknowledge the honor and fawn over Bill is proof that Bill picked the right fella to knight. — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021 First, Anthony loans out a hot fella from Hot Fellas Bread to carry Carrie up her stairs upon returning from the hospital (should Hot Fellas Bread permanently branch out? — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021 The big fella, as coach Juwan Howard calls him, was rewarded for his sprint with a gorgeous feed from Jones for a dunk. — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2021 Motley was the bruiser of a fullback who preceded a fella named Jim Brown in Cleveland. — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2021 No need to be coy with this fella about any husband-murdering scandals cluttering up your recent past! — Joan Kubicek, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021 See More

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