Fraternal

What do we mean by fraternal?

Of or relating to brothers. adjective

Showing comradeship; brotherly. adjective

Of or constituting a fraternity. adjective

Of or constituting a mendicant order such as the Dominicans or Franciscans. adjective

Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic. adjective

Brotherly; pertaining to brethren; proceeding from or becoming to brothers: as, fraternal interest; a fraternal embrace.

Synonyms Brotherly, Fraternal. See brotherly.

Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly adjective

Of brothers (fraternal twins). adjective

Related through a brother (fraternal nephew). adjective

In need of a brother or sister or friend. adjective

Like brothers (fraternal cousins). adjective

Brotherly, befitting or of a brother or brothers. adjective

Friendly or brotherly (e.g. fraternal relations between socialist parties in different countries). adjective

Being or of a society of men linked in brotherly union (fraternal society). adjective

Platonic (as fraternal love - brotherly love). adjective

Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother adjective

Of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men adjective

A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.

A fraternal twin.

Words that are spelled similarly to fraternal:
fraternal, fraternel, maternal, paternal, fraternate, fraterno.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fraternal:
polyandry, pythias, fop, twins, freemasonry, benevolent, twin, sorority, sigma, phi, fraternity, klan, lodge, fellows, masonic, eagles, lambda, epsilon, theta, kappa, temperance, brotherhood, benefit, odd, omega, organization, psi, alpha, embrace, orders, delegates, siblings, affiliation, gamma, order, delegate, protective, solidarity, civic, mutual, insurance, membership, identical, veterans, charitable, birth, society, croatian, legion, socialist, delta, immigrants, beta, police, organisation, columbus, loyal, presbyterian, relations, bonds, chapter, kiss, genetic, friendship, ties, benefits, founded, genes, sister, brother, association, fellowship, aid, sons, brothers, communist, protestant.

Words that rhyme with fraternal:
journal, eternal, diurnal, kernel, colonel, nocturnal, external, internal, vernal, maternal, paternal, infernal, urnal, sternal, bernal, lieutenant colonel, palm kernel, life eternal, light colonel, burnell, pernell, purnell, durnell, durnil, fern hill, herne hill, return nil, return null, smpte journal.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fraternal:
more, most, only, own, numerous, identical, bottom, religious, adjective, social, several, largest, educational, normal, whole, dizygotic, parental, inter, industrial, less, non, conjugal, progressive, national, real, local, military.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fraternal:
twins, organizations, orders, societies, love, organization, affection, order, relations, parties, society, countries, groups, feeling, spirit, greetings, associations, charity, union, polyandry, association, delegates, friendship, relationship, blood, embrace, feelings, solidarity, correction, lodges, ties, delegate, bond, assistance, bonds, group, sympathy, insurance, twin, circles, cooperation, affiliations, strife, regard, relation, unity, community, aid, peoples, alliance, party, pairs, operation, intercourse, relationships, kiss, kindness, harmony, lodge, greeting, duty, support, connections, communion, conflict, sentiments, family, clubs, fellowship, rivalry, equality, tie, bodies, affiliation, affairs, concord, help, republics, nations, tenderness, devotion, connection, deprivation, discord, benefits, duties, loyalty, collaboration, sentiment.

Words that sound like fraternal:
fraternal, fraternally, fraternity, futral, fresnel, fraternize, phratry, fraternise, frittering, farnell, frightening, paternal, serotinal, federal, futrell, friddle, federale, from hell, fair trial, formal, fertile, funnel, frontal, maternal, fraternities, funnell, friedel, futterman, freeroll, foot rule, frustra, frutta, free tree, frustule, friedl, fruitery.