Synonyms for brotherhood
ˈbrʌð ərˌhʊdbroth·er·hood

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1. brotherhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   sodality, fraternity, association, brethren, fellowship

2. brotherhoodnoun

   The state of being brothers or a brother.

   Synonyms:
   fraternity, fellowship, brethren, association, sodality

3. brotherhoodnoun

   An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.

   Synonyms:
   brethren, fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality

4. brotherhoodnoun

   The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.

   Synonyms:
   fellowship, sodality, brethren, fraternity, association

5. brotherhoodnoun

   Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.

   A brotherhood of venerable trees. - William Wordsworth.

   Synonyms:
   association, fraternity, sodality, fellowship, brethren

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1. brotherhood

   Synonyms:
   fraternity, association, fellowship, society, sodality

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1. brotherhoodnoun

   the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

   Synonyms:
   labor union, sodality, fraternity, trade union, trades union, union

2. brotherhood, fraternity, sodalitynoun

   people engaged in a particular occupation

   "the medical fraternity"

   Synonyms:
   fraternity, trades union, trade union, frat, labor union, sodality, union

3. brotherhoodnoun

   the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers

   Synonyms:
   labor union, sodality, fraternity, trade union, trades union, union

4. union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhoodnoun

   an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

   "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

   Synonyms:
   conglutination, sexual union, fraternity, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, union, trade union, pairing, conjugation, wedlock, marriage, mating, sodality, labor union, jointure

Matched Categories

1. • Friendliness
   • Kinship
   • Organization

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1. confraternity

   noun - a brotherhood, especially with a religious or charitable purpose.

   Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 14, 2020  

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1. brotherhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   relation of a brother, mutual kindness (as of brothers)

2. brotherhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   fraternity, ASSOCIATION, sodality, society, CLIQUE, coterie, clan, JUNTO

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1. brotherhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   fraternity, fellowship

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1. List of paraphrases for "brotherhood":

   fraternity, brotherhoods, ikhwan, fraternité, brothers, ikhwanite, al-ikhwan, frat, brotherliness, sorority, sisterhood, bmwe, brethren, fellowship, pfi, frères, fraternal

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How to use brotherhood in a sentence?

1. Jane Wyman:

   The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

2. Oren Kessler:

   The Egyptian government sees The Egyptian government squeezed between the Islamic State or The Egyptian government local affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula and then another Islamic State affiliate on the western border with Libya, while at the same time, they are dealing with unrest and dissatisfaction from the Muslim Brotherhood from across the country.

3. Ali Karakas:

   We're seeing a severing of emotional bonds and this is such a dangerous thing, sports should be uniting. Brotherhood and solidarity should be its basis. But because of Turkey’s politics, even sport has been poisoned.

4. Tyron Edwards:

   Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.

5. Nile Gardiner:

   Undoubtedly this report will embarrass The Obama administration because the White House has gone out of its way to try to appease the Muslim Brotherhood, and so this report I think dramatically undercuts the Obama presidency’s weak-kneed approach on this matter.