FELLOWS Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

fellows

noun

plural of fellow

as in boyfriends

a male romantic companion most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament

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as in associates

a person frequently seen in the company of another the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime

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as in guys

an adult male human being what does a fellow have to do to get waited on around here? your son is a bright young fellow

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as in halves

either of a pair matched in one or more qualities one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow

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as in colleagues

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field

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Recent Examples of fellows The 2025-26 cohort completed 12 in-person sessions and experiences and eight virtual workshops, all led by and connecting fellows directly with working film and television professionals, including showrunners, writers, directors, producers, agents, and managers. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 June 2026 Daemon dispatches some unsavory, not overly bright fellows to break into the castle at King's Landing to kill Aemond. —

Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 June 2026 Named for the company’s popular AI chatbot, Claude Corps will teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude well. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Joejuan Williams, a 2019 second-round pick by the New England Patriots, played for Jones in Minnesota in 2023 and has reunited with him in Ashburn as one of the Commanders’ Bill Walsh coaching fellows. —

Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 17 June 2026 Starz #TakeTheLead and Alliance of Women Directors have announced the fellows for the inaugural class of The Creative Leadership Lab, a four-week program designed to support women and gender-expansive directors during the early stages of their careers. —

Arushi Jacob, Variety, 11 June 2026 Today, the gardens continue that legacy through a two-year horticulture program and a fellows program designed to train the next generation of garden leaders. —

Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 10 June 2026 As part of the agreement, the medical school faculty, students, residents and fellows will be allowed to teach and conduct research in Fairview’s health care facilities. —

Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026 Nicholl fellows participate in pitch workshops, media training sessions, meet-and-greets, and more. —

Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 June 2026

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Noun

By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls.

— Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.

— Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2026