fraternal

Questions about fraternal

What does fraternal mean?

fraternal means "of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fraternal?

fraternal has 3 syllables: fra-ter-nal. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /fɹəˈtɝnəl/.

What is another word for fraternal?

Close synonyms include biovular, brotherly, brotherlike. 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.

What is the opposite of fraternal?

The recorded antonyms are identical.

Is fraternal a common word?

fraternal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fraternal?

5 words rhyme with fraternal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.