Synonyms and Antonyms of fellowship
1
a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding
- the new counselor is eager to develop a trustful fellowship with the troubled teens seeking help at the center
accord, agreement, concord, harmony
oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unity
affinity, empathy, sympathy, understanding
amity, chumminess, companionship, friendliness, friendship
reciprocity, symbiosis
alienation, disaffection, disgruntlement, estrangement
coldness, cold shoulder, distance, iciness
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, hostility, jaundice, rancor, spite
2
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
- a fellowship of physicians dedicated to administering medical aid without regard to politics
association, board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, 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
3
kindly concern, interest, or support
- this music festival would not have been a success without the fellowship of many people in the community
amity, benevolence, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, cordialness, 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
disfavor, intolerance
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor
belligerency, quarrelsomeness, querulousness
4
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
- members of a law firm who violated just about every ethical principle that the legal fellowship holds dear
