What does hail-fellow mean?

hail-fellow means "heartily friendly and congenial".

How many syllables are in hail-fellow?

hail-fellow has 3 syllables: hail--fel-low. The stress falls on "hail-".

What is another word for hail-fellow?

Close synonyms include comradely, hail-fellow-well-met. 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 hail-fellow a common word?

hail-fellow 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.

hail-fellow — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
heartily friendly and congenial
Synonymscomradely hail-fellow-well-met
Similarfriendly

Questions about hail-fellow

What does hail-fellow mean?: hail-fellow means "heartily friendly and congenial".
How many syllables are in hail-fellow?: hail-fellow has 3 syllables: hail--fel-low. The stress falls on "hail-".
What is another word for hail-fellow?: Close synonyms include comradely, hail-fellow-well-met. 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.

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