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brotherhood

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brotherhood

1 a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

  • they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans
Synonyms of brotherhood

association, board, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality
Words Related to brotherhood

collective, commune, community, cooperative

alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership

body, cadre, group

circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch (also klatsch), lot, set

crew, outfit, party, squad, team

branch, chapter, local

faithful, fold, membership

sisterhood, sorority

cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy

band, gang, ring

cartel, combine, syndicate

2 the body of people in a profession or field of activity

  • a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations
Synonyms of brotherhood

community, corps, fellowship, fraternity, sodality, vocation
Words Related to brotherhood

calling, profession

association, club, federation, guild (also gild), organization, society

3 the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions

  • the brotherhood that existed between the medical missionaries and the villagers they served
Synonyms of brotherhood

camaraderie, community, companionship, company, comradery, comradeship, fellowship, society
Words Related to brotherhood

amity, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindliness

civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport

charity, generosity

affinity, compassion, empathy, sympathy

chumminess, familiarity, inseparability, intimacy, nearness

affection, devotion, fondness, love
Near Antonyms of brotherhood

forlornness, loneliness, lonesomeness

4 kindly concern, interest, or support

  • in a display of brotherhood, other writers rushed to the defense of the jailed journalist
Synonyms of brotherhood

amity, benevolence, charity, cordiality, cordialness, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, gemütlichkeit, good-fellowship, goodwill, kindliness, neighborliness
Words Related to brotherhood

bonhomie, camaraderie, collegiality, community, companionship, company, comradeship

civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport, rapprochement

charity, generosity

affinity, communion, empathy, kindness, sympathy, tolerance

altruism, philanthropy, selflessness, unselfishness
Near Antonyms of brotherhood

disfavor, intolerance

animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor

belligerency, quarrelsomeness, querulousness
Antonyms of brotherhood

ill will, malevolence, venom

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