Brother

Noun

 * 1) Son of the same parents as another person.
 * 2) A male child descended from the same parents.
 * 3) A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
 * 4) A male fellow member of a religious community or church.
 * 5) Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
 * 6)  A black male.

Verb

 * 1)  To treat as a brother.

Adjectives for Brother
caring; charming, temperamental, passionate, compassionate, loving, giving, gentle, gracious, kind; fiendish; cruel; illustrious; cruel; illustrious; amorous; truant; healthful; affectionate; poor; unworthy; unemotional; new; distinguished; sworn; loftier; recreant; admirable; manly; ecclesiastical; true; foster; lost; ungrateful; renowned; awe-stricken; heroic; neglected; harrowed; malleable; rebellious; dismal; elder; serious; devoted; erring; unseemly; aristocratic; obvious; undeniable; slow-witted; indubitable; heavy-going; blood; model; imperial; puissant; kind; indulgent; gentle; arbitrary; fiendish; sweet, intelligent, funny, cute, moody; artistic,

Thesaurus
kinsman, mate, member, mendicant, monastic, monk, mother, near duplicate, neighbor, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, obverse, one of us, other self, pal, palmer, parallel, parishioner, partisan, pendant, pickup, picture, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, pledge, prior, reciprocal, relation, relative, religieux, religious, repository, second cousin, second self, secular, sibling, similitude, simulacrum, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, socius, son, sorority girl, sorority woman, soul mate, stepbrother, stepsister, stylite, such, suchlike, supporter, sympathizer, tally, the like of, the likes of, twin, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother, well-wisher, Greek, abbacomes, abbot, acquaintance, adjunct, advocate, affiliate, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, ascetic, associate, aunt, auntie, backer, beadsman, bedfellow, belonger, best friend, blood brother, bosom friend, brethren, brother-in-arms, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, caloyer, card-carrier, card-carrying member, cardholder, casual acquaintance, catechumen, celibate, cenobite, charter member, chum, church member, churchman, churchwoman, close acquaintance, close copy, close friend, close match, clubber, clubman, clubwoman, coadjutor, cognate, cohort, colleague, committeeman, communicant, companion, compatriot, compeer, complement, comrade, confederate, confidant, confidante, confrere, congenator, congener, consociate, consort, conventioneer, conventioner, conventionist, conventual, conventual prior, coordinate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, crony, daughter, dues-paying member, enlistee, enrollee, equivalent, familiar, father, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellow member, fellowman, first cousin, foster brother, frater, fraternity man, friar, friend, grand prior, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, guildsman, half brother, hermit, hieromonach, honorary member, image, initiate, inseparable friend, insider, intimate, joiner, kid brother, kin, kindred spirit,

Etymology
broþor:, from  (cf. West Frisian broer:, Dutch broeder:, German Bruder:), from  (cf. Irish bráthair:, Tocharian A pracar:, B procer:, Lithuanian brolis:).

Alternative forms

 * brotha

Coordinate terms

 * sister

Hypernyms

 * sibling