Synonyms for fellowship
Most common
friendship brotherhood company society sociability kindliness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Friendship — company, companions; a group of people or things following another
friendship, brotherhood, company, society, communion, acquaintance, membership, participation, intercourse, intimacy, association, partnership, familiarity, converse, companionship dated
2. Sociability
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
- n. 2
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
The Fellowship of the Ring
Forms
- Plural
- fellowships → friendships, brotherhoods, companies, societies…
Choose the right word
Fellowship involves not merely acquaintance and companionship, but sympathy as well. There may be much friendship without much fellowship, as between those whose homes or pursuits are far apart.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- membership The target date for membership is not being given.
- friendship Friendship is a plant which must be often watered.
- brotherhood "Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood" is also Haiti's motto.
- communion The parson gave the communion wafer to the dying person.
- scholarship If I were you, I would apply for the scholarship.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fellowship | steady | |
| membership | falling | |
| friendship | steady | |
| brotherhood | steady | |
| communion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- family3
- 7 letters
- company3, society4
- 8 letters
- intimacy4, converse2
- 9 letters
- communion3
- 10 letters
- membership3, friendship2, affability, kindliness
- 11 letters
- association5, partnership3, scholarship3, brotherhood3, intercourse3, familiarity5, sociability
- 12 letters
- acquaintance3
- 13 letters
- participation5, companionship4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (family3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- confrérie
- Italiano
- confraternita
- Español
- cofradía