Fellow

Noun

 * 1) A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
 * 2) A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
 * 3) An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
 * 4) One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
 * 5) A person; an individual.
 * 6) In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
 * 7) In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
 * 8) A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
 * 9) The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some fellows also hold business titles such as vice president or chief technology officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.

Usage notes
In North America, fellow is generally only used as an academic or medical title or membership, and is dated and quite rare when referring to a man in general.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:associate
 * See also Thesaurus:man

Adjective

 * 1) Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group

Verb

 * 1) To suit with; to pair with; to match.

Adjectives for Fellow
chuckle-headed; absurd; lovable; tainted; jolly; sturdy; brash; lusty; amiable scurvy; woodland; underbred; fine-spoken clever; clean-living; intelligent; tractable generous; light-hearted; industrious; bustling; common-looking; gaunt; ill-visaged; jovial-looking; loathsome; riotous; unrefined; honorary; guileless; robustious; muffled; massive; great-shouldered; muscled; lewd; merry; manly; sharp; amiable-looking; impudent; feeble; noble; pestilent; funniest; good-natured; hearty; broad-faced; dapper; fierce; valiant; cunning; admirable; wiry; sallow; enviable; heartless; worthless; indignant; craggy-faced; gnomish; odd; unaccountable; fluctuating; irresolute; voluble; slender; prattling; hilding; captious; hale; hard-bitten; big; handsome; back-slapping; rollicking; villainous; good-hearted; easy-going; devil-may-care; kindly; lawless; open-hearted; brilliant; gentle-mannered; plausible; unthoughtful; innocent; sneaking; talkative; enthusiastic; unstudious; vulgar-looking;  officious;   engaging;   swarthy; smock-faced; coal-blackened; florid; prettier; magnificent-looking; gallant; hulking; meager; verdant; brawny; stale; licentious; white-bearded;  hatchet-faced;   sheepish; awkward; respected; desperate; foppish; bluff; blunt; indiscreet; self-assured; conceited; celestial; melancholy; abominable; beetle-browed; powerful; marvelous; witty; eloquent; prodigious; fine; staring; inexorable; ghostly; disgruntled; capricious; insignificant; simpering; intelligent; courageous; good-humored; roguish; ignorant; noisy; unweighing; notable; good; dull; vicious; dissolute.

Thesaurus
Adamite, Casanova, Don Juan, Greek, Lothario, Romeo, abecedarian, accessory, accompanier, accompanist, accompanying, accompanyist, ace, acquaintance, adjunct, advocate, affiliate, affiliated, allied, ally, alter ego, amigo, amoroso, analogon, analogue, associate, associated, attendant, attending, auxiliary, backer, bastard, beau, bedfellow, bedmate, being, belonger, best friend, bird, bloke, body, bosom buddy, bosom friend, boy, boyfriend, brother, brother-in-arms, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, bugger, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, caballero, camarade, card-carrier, card-carrying member, cardholder, casual acquaintance, cat, cavalier, cavaliere servente, certified teacher, chamberfellow, chap, character, charter member, chum, classmate, close acquaintance, close copy, close friend, close match, clubber, clubman, clubwoman, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjuvant, coefficient, coequal, cognate, cohort, coincident, collaborative, collateral, colleague, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, colt, comate, combined, commensal, committeeman, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, companion, companion piece, company, compatriot, compeer, complement, comrade, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, confederate, confidant, confidante, confrere, congenator, congener, conjoint, conniving, consociate, consort, conventioneer, conventioner, conventionist, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, copartner, copy, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, coupled, creature, crony, cub, customer, dead ringer, ditto, docent, doctor, dominie, don, double, duck, dues-paying member, duplicate, earthling, ecumenic, educationist, educator, effigy, enlistee, enrollee, equal, equipollent, equivalent, esquire, exact likeness, familiar, favorer, feller, fellow creature, fellow member, fellow student, fellowman, flame, fledgling, fraternity man, friend, gallant, gee, geezer, gent, gentleman, gigolo, girl friend, gossip, groundling, guide, guildsman, guru, guy, hand, harmonious, harmonized, he, head, hobbledehoy, homo, honorary member, human, human being, icon, idol, image, inamorato, individual, initiate, inseparable friend, insider, instructor, intimate, jasper, joined, joiner, joint, joker, kid, kindred spirit, lad, laddie, lady-killer, life, life member, like, likeness, living image, living picture, living soul, love, love-maker, lover, maestro, man, manchild, master, match, mate, melamed, member, mentor, messmate, miniature, mirroring, model, mortal, muchacho, mullah, mutual, near duplicate, necker, neighbor, noncompetitive, nose, obverse, old crony, old man, one, one of us, opposite number, other self, paired, pal, pandit, parallel, pard, pardner, partisan, partner, party, pedagogist, pedagogue, peer, pendant, person, personage, personality, petter, philanderer, photograph, pickup, picture, playfellow, playmate, pledge, portrait, preceptor, professor, pundit, pup, puppy, rabbi, reciprocal, reflection, related, repository, resemblance, rival, roommate, rubbing, schoolboy, schoolfellow, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolmate, schoolteacher, second self, seducer, semblance, shadow, sheik, shipmate, side partner, sidekick, similitude, simulacrum, simultaneous, single, sister, socius, somebody, someone, sonny, sonny boy, sorority girl, sorority woman, soul, soul mate, spit and image, spitting image, squire, starets, stud, such, suchlike, sugar daddy, suitor, supporter, swain, sweetheart, symbiotic, sympathizer, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, tally, teacher, teammate, tellurian, terran, the like of, the likes of, trace, tracing, twin, uncompetitive, very image, very picture, well-wisher, whelp, workfellow, worldling, yokefellow, yokemate, young man, youth

Etymology
fēlagi:, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

Noun

 * Croatian:, ,
 * French:, , , , , bonhomme
 * German: Kumpel, Kamerad, Gefährte


 * Polish: kumpel, kamrat, kolega
 * Portuguese: companheiro, camarada, associado, parceiro, partidário (1), pessoa, indivíduo (2), bolsista (6), acadêmico, pesquisador (8)

Derived terms

 * bedfellow
 * fella
 * fellow feeling
 * fellowship
 * good fellow/goodfellow
 * hail-fellow-well-met
 * poor fellow
 * schoolfellow