Fraternal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie.
  • adj. Showing comradeship; brotherly.
  • adj. Of or constituting a fraternity: a fraternal association.
  • adj. Biology Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of brothers (fraternal twins).
  • adj. Related through a brother (fraternal nephew).
  • adj. In need of a brother or sister or friend.
  • adj. Like brothers (fraternal cousins).
  • adj. Brotherly, befitting or of a brother or brothers.
  • adj. Friendly or brotherly (e.g. fraternal relations between socialist parties in different countries).
  • adj. Being or of a society of men linked in brotherly union (fraternal society).
  • adj. platonic (as fraternal love - brotherly love).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Brotherly; pertaining to brethren; proceeding from or becoming to brothers: as, fraternal interest; a fraternal embrace.
  • Synonyms Brotherly, Fraternal. See brotherly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
  • adj. of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
  • adj. (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
  • Antonym
    paternal    maternal    sororal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brotherly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    colonel    diurnal    eternal    external    infernal    internal    journal    kernel    maternal    nocturnal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    brotherly    filial    cordial    fatherly    conjugal    paternal    warmest    mutual    neighborly    heartfelt