Synonyms for fraternity
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Noun
1. Brotherhood
brotherhood, community, club, society, association, league, company, clan, guild, circle, order, sodality, copartnership
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
Related words
- Word family
- fraternal fraternize fratricide
Forms
- Plural
- fraternities → brotherhoods, communities, clubs, societies…
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The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- society An individual is the smallest unit of the society.
- association My family belongs to the neighborhood association.
- brotherhood "Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood" is also Haiti's motto.
- frat Tom got drunk for the first time at a frat party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fraternity | steady | |
| society | steady | |
| association | falling | |
| brotherhood | steady | |
| sodality | steady | |
| frat | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- club1, clan1, frat
- 5 letters
- order2, guild1
- 6 letters
- league1, circle2
- 7 letters
- company3, society4
- 8 letters
- sodality
- 9 letters
- community4
- 11 letters
- association5, brotherhood3
- 13 letters
- copartnership, brotherliness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).