English noun: fellow | |||
1. | fellow (person) a boy or man | ||
Samples | That chap is your host. There's a fellow at the door. He's a likable cuss. He's a good bloke. | ||
Synonyms | blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad | ||
Broader (hypernym) | male, male person | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dog | ||
2. | fellow (person) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | ||
Samples | Drinking companions. Comrades in arms. | ||
Synonyms | associate, companion, comrade, familiar | ||
Broader (hypernym) | friend | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | date, escort, playfellow, playmate, tovarich, tovarisch | ||
3. | fellow (person) a person who is member of one's class or profession | ||
Samples | The surgeon consulted his colleagues. He sent e-mail to his fellow hackers. | ||
Synonyms | colleague, confrere | ||
Broader (hypernym) | associate | ||
4. | fellow (quantity) one of a pair | ||
Samples | He lost the mate to his shoe. One eye was blue but its fellow was brown. | ||
Synonyms | mate | ||
Broader (hypernym) | singleton | ||
Part meronym | brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke | ||
5. | fellow (person) a member of a learned society | ||
Samples | He was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fellow member, member | ||
6. | fellow (person) an informal form of address for a man | ||
Samples | Say, fellow, what are you doing?. Hey buster, what's up?. | ||
Synonyms | buster, dude | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult male, man | ||
7. | fellow (person) a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman | ||
Samples | If I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked. | ||
Synonyms | beau, boyfriend, swain, young man | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult male, lover, man | ||