Synonyms and Antonyms of brotherhood
1
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
- they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans
association, board, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality
collective, commune, community, cooperative
alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership
body, cadre, group
circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch (also klatsch), lot, set
crew, outfit, party, squad, team
branch, chapter, local
faithful, fold, membership
sisterhood, sorority
cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy
band, gang, ring
cartel, combine, syndicate
2
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
- a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations
3
the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions
- the brotherhood that existed between the medical missionaries and the villagers they served
amity, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindliness
civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport
charity, generosity
affinity, compassion, empathy, sympathy
chumminess, familiarity, inseparability, intimacy, nearness
affection, devotion, fondness, love
4
kindly concern, interest, or support
- in a display of brotherhood, other writers rushed to the defense of the jailed journalist
amity, benevolence, charity, cordiality, cordialness, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, gemütlichkeit, good-fellowship, goodwill, kindliness, neighborliness
bonhomie, camaraderie, collegiality, community, companionship, company, comradeship
civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport, rapprochement
charity, generosity
affinity, communion, empathy, kindness, sympathy, tolerance
altruism, philanthropy, selflessness, unselfishness
