Word Type

Noun

Verb

Intj

The word "brother" can be used as noun, verb and intj.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

sister sister

Typical Location

family family ceremony home house monestary seminary

Capable Of

better borther borrow car bug bug sister can meat quickly deal deck of cards help sister needle sister object to protect

Coordinate Terms

brethren brotherhood sister sisterhood sistren

Derived Terms

3/4 brother Bob's your father's brother Bob's your mother's brother Brother Jonathan Christian Brother Middle Brother North Brother Robert is your father's brother Robert is your mother's brother Robert's your father's brother Robert's your mother's brother The Brothers Xaverian Brother baby brother big brother blood brother brother chip brother from another mother brother german brother in Christ brother in law brother-german brother-husband brother-in-arms brother-in-law brother-officer brother-out-law brother-slayer brother-zone brotherboy brotherdom brothered brotherfucker brotherfucking brotherhood brotherji brotherless brotherlike brotherlocks brotherly brotherman brotherness brotherred brothership bruncle co-brother co-brother-in-law cousin brother cousin-brother everybody and his brother everybody and their brother everyone and his brother everyone and their brother foster brother foster-brother full-brother godbrother good-brother half brother half brother-in-law half-brother kid brother lay brother little brother merbrother milk brother milk-brother my brother in Christ oath-brother older brother outbrother soul brother step-brother stepbrother sugar brother swordbrother three-quarter brother unbrother unbrothered womb-brother younger brother

Distinct From

sister

Inflected/Variant Forms

brethren

Has Part

same parents as

Context

african american vernacular english religion roman catholic

Has Property

male

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adult male buddy chum crony fellow member friend male sibling man member monastic monk pal sibling sidekick

Type Of (IsA)

another son of one's own parents big goof family relationship term friend maile sibling male male animal male sibling member monk sibling

Not Desires

kill

Part Of

family

Related Terms

Mister fraternal fraternity friar

Related Terms

black boy boy child boy relative boy sibling boys bro child church daughters daughters sibling face family family member family relation family sibling fraternal fraternity friar girl half brother human in family like like sister male male child male offspring male relation male relative male sibling male sister man member mister offspring other other boy parent peer penis person punching relation relationship relative religious sibling sibling relative sister sister sibling sisters son stepbrother you

Similar Terms

brethren brotherhood sister sisterhood sistren

Synonym Network

br bro buddy friar

Used For

arguing with family support friendship loving pestering playing game with standing up for statistical testing talk to vouch for walking to school with

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.