brother
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a male with the same parents as someone else
my brother still lives with our parents
Types & categories
- male sibling hypernym
- big brother hyponym
- little brother hyponym
- stepbrother hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
none of his brothers would betray him
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- sodality member holonym
Related & opposite
- faith domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pal derivation
- buddy-buddy derivation
- chummy derivation
Sense 4 noun
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
Greetings, comrade!
Types & categories
- friend hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | sister |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brotherly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | male sibling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | big brother |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | little brother |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stepbrother |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | faith |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | sodality |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | member |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Freemason |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | buddy-buddy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chummy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | friend |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobber |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | friend |