Brother definition
Brother is a noun meaning "a male with the same parents as someone else." It has 4 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Brother as a noun
a male with the same parents as someone else
"my brother still lives with our parents"
Same sense: blood brother
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
"none of his brothers would betray him"
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
Same sense: comrade
a close male friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Synonyms and antonyms
- blood brother
- comrade
Opposite: sister.
How to say brother
Brother has 2 syllables and rhymes with other. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with brother
- other
- another
- mother
- grandmother
- stepmother
- godmother
- smother
- nother
- souther
BROTHER in word games
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Anagrams
- 0
Is BROTHER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BROTHER in the word checker, or unscramble BROTHER to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.