brotherlike

1. 1.

   like or characteristic of or befitting a brother

   “brotherly feelings”

   “close fraternal ties”

   Synonymsbrotherlyfraternal

Questions about brotherlike

What does brotherlike mean?

brotherlike means "like or characteristic of or befitting a brother".

How many syllables are in brotherlike?

brotherlike has 3 syllables: bro-ther-like. The stress falls on "bro".

What is another word for brotherlike?

Close synonyms include brotherly, fraternal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brotherlike a common word?

brotherlike is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.