brotherhood
Syllables: broth·er·hood/ˈbɹʌðəˌhʊd/US/ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/
brotherhood noun: the state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
Noun
brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)
- The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
- brotherdom
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- An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
- James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
- All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
- the legal brotherhood
- the medical brotherhood
- People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
- a brotherhood of venerable trees1800, William Wordsworth, Degenerate Douglas
brotherhood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
brotherhood in Hindi
- an association of any purpose, a fraternity
- बंधुत्व bandhutva
brotherhood in Tamil
- உடன்பிறப்பாளர் நிலை, சகோதரர் என்ற நிலை, நட்பு, சமூக ஒற்றுமை உணர்ச்சி
brotherhood in Urdu
- brotherhood
- اخوت axuwat, بھائی چارہ bhāī cāra
brotherhood in Bengali
- state of being brothers or a brother
- বেরাদরী beradori
More languagesFewer languages
- brotherhood in Malayalam
- സാഹോദര്യം sāhōdaryaṁ
- brotherhood in Kannada
- ಸಹೋದರ ಭಾವ, ಭ್ರಾತೃತ್ವ, ಸೋದರಿಕೆ, ಭಾವೈಕ್ಯ
- brotherhood in Punjabi
- ਬਰਾਦਰੀ barādrī
- brotherhood in Gujarati
- ભાઈબંધી bhāībandhī, બિરાદરી birādrī
- brotherhood in Odia
- ଭାଇଚାରା
- brotherhood in Sanskrit
- भ्रात्र bhrātrá, भ्रातृत्व bhrātṛtvá
- brotherhood in Nepali
- भाइचारा, भ्रातृत्व
- brotherhood in Tagalog
- kapatiran
- brotherhood in Arabic
- أُخُوَّة ʔuḵuwwa
- brotherhood in Persian
- برادری barâdari
- brotherhood in Thai
- ภราดรภาพ
- brotherhood in Vietnamese
- tình anh em, hữu ái
- Kashmiri
- بٲے تون bạ̄y tōn
Examples of brotherhood in a sentence
- Perhaps we should form our own preaching band, to avoid compromise with the Christian ethic of brotherhood.
- As I live and breathe, Thomas, you will not flourish unless you are part of our brotherhood.
- Whiplike, graceful thrilling metal dendrites drawing images from the air, bringing brotherhood, communion to immured apartment people.
Synonyms of brotherhood
- fraternity
- association
- fellowship
- sodality
- brethren
- brolationship
- brotherness
- brothership
- confraternity
Antonyms
- irrelationship
- non-fraternity
Forms of brotherhood
| plural | brotherhoods |
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Origin of brotherhood
From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.
Words formed from brotherhood
Phrases with brotherhood
Words that rhyme with brotherhood
Questions about brotherhood
- What does brotherhood mean?
- Brotherhood means the state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
- What is brotherhood in Hindi?
- Brotherhood in Hindi is बंधुत्व (bandhutva). See Brotherhood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brotherhood?
- Brotherhood is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brotherhood?
- Brotherhood is pronounced /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/ (US).
- What is the plural of brotherhood?
- The plural of brotherhood is brotherhoods.
Words near brotherhood in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brotherhood (page history and authors); brotherhood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اخوت (Urdu) (page history and authors); brotherhood (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਰਾਦਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); brotherhood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भ्रातृत्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); brotherhood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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