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brother-zone

brother-zone verb: to view or categorize someone as a brotherly figure, rather than a potential romantic partner.

Verb

brother-zone (third-person singular simple present brother-zones, present participle brother-zoning, simple past and past participle brother-zoned)

  1. (slang, transitive) To view or categorize someone as a brotherly figure, rather than a potential romantic partner.

Forms of brother-zone

third-person singular presentbrother-zones
present participlebrother-zoning
past participlebrother-zoned
pastbrother-zoned

Origin of brother-zone

From brother + zone, modelled on earlier friend-zone.

Questions about brother-zone

What does brother-zone mean?
Brother-zone means to view or categorize someone as a brotherly figure, rather than a potential romantic partner.
What part of speech is brother-zone?
Brother-zone is a verb.
What is the past tense of brother-zone?
The past tense of brother-zone is brother-zoned.

Words near brother-zone in the dictionary

  1. brother-officer
  2. brother-officers
  3. brother-out-law
  4. brother-slayer
  5. brother-slayers
  6. brother-zone
  7. brother-zoned
  8. brother-zones
  9. brother-zoning
  10. brotherboy
  11. brotherboys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brother-zone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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