Fraternity

What do we mean by fraternity?

A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild. noun

A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes. noun

A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters. noun

A sodality. noun

The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness. noun

The relationship of a brother; the condition of being a brother or of being brothers; brotherhood. noun

Hence That mutual interest and affection which is characteristic of the fraternal relation; brotherly regard and sympathy for others, regardless of relationship by blood; brotherhood in general. noun

A body of men associated by some natural tie, as of common interest or character, of common business or profession, or by some formal tie, as of organization for religious or social purposes; a company; a brotherhood; a society: as, a fraternity of monks; a college fraternity. noun

Specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, an organization of laymen for pious or charitable purposes, as the special worship of Christ, the honor of the Virgin Mary or of particular saints, the care of the distressed, sick, or dead, etc. Also called confraternity, gild, or sodality. noun

The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. noun

A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Church, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc. noun

Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. noun

A social club for male college undergraduates. They often have secret initiation rites, and are named by the use of two or three Greek letters. The corresponding association for women students is called a sorority. noun

The quality of being brothers; brotherhood noun

A group of people associated for a common purpose. noun

A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. noun

A social club for male undergraduates noun

People engaged in a particular occupation noun

The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.

A group of people associated for a common purpose.

A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Words that are spelled similarly to fraternity:
fraternity, fraternité, maternity, paternity, fraternize, quaternity, fraternate, fraternise, fraternism.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fraternity:
sorority, hazing, upsilon, omicron, phi, iota, epsilon, theta, sigma, kappa, rho, psi, tau, zeta, lambda, alpha, omega, gamma, fraternal, delta, chi, eta, beta, chapter, pledge, dartmouth, alumni, brotherhood, initiation, chartered, graduation, collegiate, undergraduate, membership, honorary, campus, graduated, initiated, ritual, brothers, degree, yale, bachelor, lodge, harvard, inducted, founded, greek, student, graduate, admitted, organization, colonies, drafted, attending, charter, founding, university, active, illinois, earned, honor.

Words that rhyme with fraternity:
eternity, maternity, modernity, paternity.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fraternity:
masonic, honorary, national, medical, legal, whole, social, inter, non, religious, professional, local, international, anti, universal, secret, entire, true, christian, journalistic, criminal, scientific, greek, literary, ancient, exclusive, scholastic, educational, spiritual, academic, male, letter, musical, beloved, holy, dental, inner, dramatic, oldest, close, islamic, select, noble, genuine, illustrious, knit, honourable, artistic, learned, rival, monastic, muslim, mysterious, socialist, revolutionary, forensic, closed, grand.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fraternity:
directory, terror, sorority, founders, life, officers, american, conference, secretary, friends, equality, course, membership, journalism, matin.

Words that sound like fraternity:
fraternity, fraternities, fraternally, fraternal, fritter away, paternity, fraternize, phratry, fraternise, fright night, fraternized, confraternity, frighten away, fraternity house, freight rate.