FRATERNITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

People engaged in a particular occupation

Example:

the medical fraternity

Synonyms:

brotherhood; fraternity; sodality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("fraternity" is a kind of...):

class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)

Meronyms (members of "fraternity"):

brother (a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group))

sodalist (a member of a sodality)

Derivation:

fraternise; fraternize (be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy)

Meaning:

A social club for male undergraduates

Synonyms:

frat; fraternity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("fraternity" is a kind of...):

club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society (a formal association of people with similar interests)

Meronyms (members of "fraternity"):

chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)

Derivation:

fraternal (of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men)