English noun: fraternity | |||
1. | fraternity (group) a social club for male undergraduates | ||
Synonyms | frat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | ||
Member holonym | chapter | ||
2. | fraternity (group) people engaged in a particular occupation | ||
Samples | The medical fraternity. | ||
Synonyms | brotherhood, sodality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | ||
Member holonym | brother, sodalist | ||