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 and divides as bro-ther-like under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.