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brother
Overview of noun brother
The noun brother has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (36) brother, blood brother -- (a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents")
2. (6) brother -- (a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him")
3. buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick -- (a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities)
4. brother, comrade -- (used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!")
5. Brother -- ((Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brother
5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
=> male sibling
=> kinsman
=> relative, relation
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
brother
=> member
=> associate
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
=> friend
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
brother, comrade
=> friend
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
Brother
=> monk, monastic
=> religious
=> religious person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brother
3 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
=> big brother
=> little brother
=> stepbrother, half-brother, half brother
Sense 2
brother
=> Freemason, Mason
Sense 3
buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
=> cobber
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brother
5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
=> male sibling
Sense 2
brother
=> member
Sense 3
buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
=> friend
Sense 4
brother, comrade
=> friend
Sense 5
Brother
=> monk, monastic
Antonyms of noun brother
1 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
Antonym of sister (Sense 1)
=>sister, sis
Member Holonyms of noun brother
1 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 2
brother
MEMBER OF: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
Substance Holonyms of noun brother
Part Holonyms of noun brother
Member Meronyms of noun brother
Substance Meronyms of noun brother
Part Meronyms of noun brother
Meronyms of noun brother
Holonyms of noun brother
1 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 2
brother
MEMBER OF: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
Attributes of noun brother
Derived Forms of noun brother
2 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
RELATED TO>(adj) brotherly#1
=> brotherly, brotherlike, fraternal
Sense 5
Brother
RELATED TO>(noun) brotherhood#2
=> brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
Domain of noun brother
2 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 2
brother
TOPIC>(noun) religion#1, faith#1, religious belief#1
Sense 5
Brother
TOPIC>(noun) Roman Catholic#2, Western Church#1, Roman Catholic Church#1, Church of Rome#1, Roman Church#1
Domain Terms of noun brother
Familiarity of noun brother
brother used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun brother
5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
> male sibling
=> brother, blood brother
Sense 2
brother
> member
=> Areopagite
=> brother
=> cabalist
=> charter member
=> commissioner
=> committee member
=> council member, councillor
=> homeboy
=> homegirl
=> huddler
=> inductee
=> joiner
=> kibbutznik
=> kolkhoznik
=> board member
=> clansman, clanswoman, clan member
=> club member
=> pledge
=> Rosicrucian
=> Rosicrucian
=> Rotarian
=> sister
=> sodalist
=> tribesman
Sense 3
buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
> friend
HAS INSTANCE=> Damon and Pythias
=> alter ego
=> amigo
=> best friend
=> brother, comrade
=> buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
=> companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
=> confidant, intimate
=> flatmate
=> girlfriend
=> light
=> mate
=> roommate, roomie, roomy
=> schoolfriend
HAS INSTANCE=> Damon
HAS INSTANCE=> Phintias, Pythias
Sense 4
brother, comrade
> friend
HAS INSTANCE=> Damon and Pythias
=> alter ego
=> amigo
=> best friend
=> brother, comrade
=> buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
=> companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
=> confidant, intimate
=> flatmate
=> girlfriend
=> light
=> mate
=> roommate, roomie, roomy
=> schoolfriend
HAS INSTANCE=> Damon
HAS INSTANCE=> Phintias, Pythias
Sense 5
Brother
> monk, monastic
=> Brother
=> Carthusian
=> Trappist, Cistercian
HAS INSTANCE=> Bacon, Roger Bacon
HAS INSTANCE=> Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict
HAS INSTANCE=> Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel
HAS INSTANCE=> Pelagius
Meronyms of noun brother
5 senses of brother
Sense 1
brother, blood brother
=> male sibling
=> kinsman
=> relative, relation
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
brother
=> member
=> associate
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
=> friend
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
brother, comrade
=> friend
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
Brother
=> monk, monastic
=> religious
=> religious person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun brother
1 of 5 senses of brother
Sense 2
brother
MEMBER OF: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
Grep of noun brother
big brother
blood brother
brother
brother-in-law
brotherhood
brotherly love
foster-brother
foster brother
half-brother
half brother
little brother
soul brother
stepbrother
Grep of adj brother
brotherlike
brotherly
Grep of adv brother
brotherly
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