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Brotherhood

The state of being brothers or a brother.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Friendliness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being friendly.

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Kinship 76% connected

Family relationship.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Relationship 76% connected

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Derivationally related 2

Brother 74% connected

A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Brother 74% connected

A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Member part 1

Brother 70% connected

A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Containing whole 2

Labor 70% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Labour 70% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Synonym 5

Fraternity 92% connected

The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sodality 92% connected

A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trade union 92% connected

An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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trades union 92% connected

Alt. of Trade union

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Union 92% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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