fraternal

Examples

• All

• Their fraternal relationship was evident during family gatherings, where they always supported each other.

• The fraternal bond between the two brothers grew stronger as they shared their experiences together.

• The profound sense of the Church as a fraternal community was lost.

  Academic text (1990)

• There is so much fraternal and fraternal love out there from men who would like to find a young man or a boy to help out.

  Chris Williamson

• When the two most brilliant minds in all of England have a fraternal bond, words are an inefficiency.

  Holmes & Watson (2018)

• The bride will be grateful for your fraternal arm, Crawley... in a week or so.

  Rebecca (1940)

• The novel suggests that he feels no such fraternal kinship.

  Academic text (2012)

• "Pete gave Mel a fraternal hug and the two men parted ways, content in their old friendship."

  Fiction book (1990)

• Conforming himself to Christ, Francis wished to be a true brother and acted with fraternal love.

  Academic text (2006)

• Nina gave Vernon a carefully fraternal kiss on the cheek.

  Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

B

brotherly

vsfraternal

23 1.6

Showing kind, loyal, and protective feelings like a brother

is used for feelings between males in the same family or close friends

B

brotherlike

vsfraternal

5.3

Having the care and loyalty of a brother

is about showing friendship and supportive feelings rather than general family traits

Compounds

F

fraternal twin

4 3.1

One of two children born at the same time from different eggs who may look different and be different sexes

How Brotherly

affectionate

56 2.2

fraternal

4 5.8

friendly

773 1.0

cordial

33 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology