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. Michael Stokes:

   One of the things I have learned from veteran models is they are most loyal to each other, they will do anything for each other. That is a brotherhood and sisterhood civilians don't get to enjoy.

2. Simon Henderson:

   The UAE has a phobia of the Muslim Brotherhood and makes very little distinction of whether people are doing things which most in the United States would view as normal political activity as opposed to support for terrorism.

3. Charles Kelly Barrow:

   Their support of this cultural cleansing has created a very divisive atmosphere in the South and by their silence they have created the impression that they support these hostile and destructive actions, this is not the road to brotherhood and understanding.

4. James Scott:

   For Nation States, and the adversaries within America's boarders (special interest groups, cyber caliphate, Muslim brotherhood, Antifa etc), metadata is THE silent weapon in this quiet information war.

5. Yasser Abdelaziz:

   Many of its base lost confidence after the party failed to support the Brotherhood in its fight with the state. If you try to hold the middle ground you lose both sides.