BLOOD BROTHER Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

blood brother

noun

Definition of blood brother

as in brother

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Recent Examples of blood brother In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025 The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025 Known as the Lotus Elise's blood brother, the VX220 was built from 2000 to 2005. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Then there’s 21 Lil Harold, who’s opening for Savage on the tour, and TJ, 23, who might as well be his blood brother. — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023 Not only was Philips instrumental in starting TSMC, but TSMC’s blood brother in chipmaking is now ASML, the photolithography giant based in Veldhoven. Chips, the ones without ketchup, would eventually take the place of umbrellas and Barbie dolls in Taiwan’s economy. — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023 Lil Gotit, Render’s blood brother and fellow Atlanta rapper, shared the news on Instagram late Friday evening. — Shirley Ju, Variety, 14 May 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood brother

Noun

And then there’s my father’s brother and somebody else, a business partner.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Along with teaching, Cushla works for her brother Eamonn (Martin McCann) at the family bar.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of brother

Noun

And then there’s my father’s brother and somebody else, a business partner.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Waltz said the administration wants to hear directly from its Gulf partners about their concerns, describing the collective meeting as an important diplomatic opportunity.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of partner

Noun

The series starred Emma Roberts as Chanel #1, Grande as Chanel #2, Billie Lourd as Chanel #3, Abigail Breslin as Chanel #5 and Lea Michele, a group of Kappa Kappa Tau sorority sisters targeted by a killer known as the Red Devil.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
That night, his mother and siblings had driven to a pharmacy to pick up his sister’s asthma medication.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of sister

Noun

But the potential for Anderson to be City’s main man is there, perhaps more in the way that Fernandinho ended up adapting to the role after arriving at City as a more attack-minded midfielder.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Andy Green is set to be the Mets’ main man for the remainder of the season, tapped as the interim manager following Friday’s firing of Carlos Mendoza.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

Definition of main man

Noun

Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Data he and his colleagues published last month in the BMJ suggests at least one in four former National Football League (NFL) players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE—Nowinski says this is an underestimate.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

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Pen Pals Call me old-fashioned or avoidant or whatever, but I am obsessed with the idea of a pen pal.

— Taylor Tomlinson, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
The conversations used to be silly, targeted entirely around the holidays, but Tommy eventually became a pen pal and even a therapy chair, Hadley often sending notes off to the North Pole long after Santa’s work for the season was done.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of pen pal

Noun

For all its trials and tribulations, Chicagoland retains enviable advantages vis-a-vis other metro areas, but its growth over more than a decade seriously lags many of those peer regions.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Saying white players such as Clark or Bueckers should pay homage to their Black peers is as absurd as saying Steph Curry and Jalen Brunson should pay homage to their tall peers.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of peer

Noun

The Saudis and their allies have long struggled to contain the Houthis, and may be tempted to seek a diplomatic solution to halt attacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Some of Arévalo’s former allies, and many of those who voted for him, are dejected, convinced that the president missed a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the country.

— Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

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