brotherhood

English Thesaurus

1. the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	friendliness,
definition	:	a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company (noun.feeling)

2. people engaged in a particular occupation (noun.group)

hypernym	:	class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum,
definition	:	people having the same social, economic, or educational status (noun.group)

member holonym	:	brother,
definition	:	a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	sodalist,
definition	:	a member of a sodality (noun.person)

3. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer (noun.group)

hypernym	:	organisation, organization,
definition	:	a group of people who work together (noun.group)

hyponym	:	industrial union, vertical union,
definition	:	a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft (noun.group)

hyponym	:	craft union,
definition	:	a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft (noun.group)

hyponym	:	company union,
definition	:	a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union (noun.group)

hyponym	:	i.w.w., industrial workers of the world, iww,
definition	:	a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I (noun.group)

part meronym	:	labor, labor movement, trade union movement,
definition	:	an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement (noun.group)

4. the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	family relationship, kinship, relationship,
definition	:	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption (noun.linkdef)

5. people engaged in a particular occupation (noun.group)

derivation	:	brother,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address (noun.person)

derivation	:	sodalist,
definition	:	a member of a sodality (noun.person)

derivation	:	fraternise, fraternize,
definition	:	be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy (verb.social)

6. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer (noun.group)

derivation	:	trade unionist, union member, unionist,
definition	:	a worker who belongs to a trade union (noun.person)

derivation	:	organise, organize, unionise, unionize,
definition	:	form or join a union (verb.social)

derivation	:	unionise, unionize,
definition	:	recruit for a union or organize into a union (verb.social)

7. people engaged in a particular occupation (noun.group)

derivation	:	brother,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address (noun.person)

derivation	:	sodalist,
definition	:	a member of a sodality (noun.person)

derivation	:	fraternise, fraternize,
definition	:	be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy (verb.social)

8. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer (noun.group)

derivation	:	trade unionist, union member, unionist,
definition	:	a worker who belongs to a trade union (noun.person)

derivation	:	organise, organize, unionise, unionize,
definition	:	form or join a union (verb.social)

derivation	:	unionise, unionize,
definition	:	recruit for a union or organize into a union (verb.social)