brother

Definition

Examples

My younger brother works as an engineer at a large electronics company.

Word Family

Synonyms

• siblinga person's brother or sister

Collocations

• Easy younger brother in school
  describing younger brother in school (used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father)
• Medium join the fraternal brotherhood
  to join the fraternal brotherhood, meaning to become part of; become a member of a group or organization
• Hard stand united as brothers in adversity
  to endure, maintain position, or remain upright regarding united as brothers in adversity
• Very Hard am I my brother's keeper defensively
  to am I my brother's keeper defensively, meaning to have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)