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brotherhood
Overview of noun brotherhood
The noun brotherhood has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) brotherhood -- (the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings)
2. (1) brotherhood, fraternity, sodality -- (people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity")
3. (1) brotherhood -- (the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers)
4. union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood -- (an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brotherhood
4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 1
brotherhood
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> people
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
brotherhood
=> friendliness
=> liking
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> industrial union, vertical union
=> craft union
=> company union
=> Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brotherhood
4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 1
brotherhood
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
Sense 3
brotherhood
=> friendliness
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> organization, organisation
Antonyms of noun brotherhood
Member Holonyms of noun brotherhood
Substance Holonyms of noun brotherhood
Part Holonyms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
PART OF: labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Member Meronyms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
HAS MEMBER: brother
HAS MEMBER: sodalist
Substance Meronyms of noun brotherhood
Part Meronyms of noun brotherhood
Meronyms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
HAS MEMBER: brother
HAS MEMBER: sodalist
Holonyms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
PART OF: labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Attributes of noun brotherhood
Derived Forms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
RELATED TO>(noun) Brother#5
=> Brother
Domain of noun brotherhood
Domain Terms of noun brotherhood
Familiarity of noun brotherhood
brotherhood used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun brotherhood
4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 1
brotherhood
> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> affinity, phylogenetic relation
=> descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
=> affinity
=> consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation
=> parentage, birth
=> fatherhood, paternity
=> motherhood, maternity
=> sisterhood, sistership
=> brotherhood
=> marital relationship, marital bed
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> world, domain
=> age class
=> agriculture
=> brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
=> estate, estate of the realm
=> labor, labour, working class, proletariat
=> lower class, underclass
=> middle class, bourgeoisie
=> booboisie
=> commonalty, commonality, commons
=> peasantry
=> demimonde
=> underworld
=> yeomanry
=> caste
=> caste
=> upper class, upper crust
=> ninja
=> firing line
=> immigrant class
=> center
=> old school
=> market
=> craft, trade
=> womanhood, woman, fair sex
Sense 3
brotherhood
> friendliness
=> amicability, amicableness
=> good will, goodwill
=> brotherhood
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
> organization, organisation
=> adhocracy
=> affiliate
=> bureaucracy
=> nongovernmental organization, NGO
HAS INSTANCE=> Orange Order, Association of Orangemen
=> Tammany Hall, Tammany Society, Tammany
=> fiefdom
=> line of defense, line of defence
=> line organization, line organisation
=> association
=> polity
=> quango, quasi-NGO
=> institution, establishment
=> enterprise
=> defense, defence, defense force, defence force
=> establishment
=> fire brigade, fire company
=> company, troupe
=> unit, social unit
=> Peace Corps
=> force, personnel
=> union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
=> party, political party
=> machine, political machine
=> machine
=> professional organization, professional organisation
=> alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
=> federation
=> hierarchy, power structure, pecking order
=> deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission
=> Girl Scouts
=> blue
=> grey, gray
=> host
=> pool
Meronyms of noun brotherhood
4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 2
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
HAS MEMBER: brother
HAS MEMBER: sodalist
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> people
HAS MEMBER: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Holonyms of noun brotherhood
1 of 4 senses of brotherhood
Sense 4
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
PART OF: labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Grep of noun brotherhood
blood brotherhood
brotherhood
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