Phrase Hound found 61 phrases and 39 compound words that contain brother. The most common are listed below. Open brother in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 61
- older brotherUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- younger brotherUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Big BrotherUnwarranted, invasive, and discreet surveillance, especially of a people by its government.
- brother-in-lawA male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- brother-in-armscomrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier)
- half brotherA male sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full brother or brother-german, from a step-brother, or from a brother-like figure such as a blood brother.
- Brother Sister
- little brotherA younger brother.
- blood brotherAn unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
- milk brotherA male milk sibling.
- lay brotherA layman who is a member of a religious congregation or monastic order without the intention to become a priest.
- Elder Brother
- Twin brother
- co-brotherOne's colleague ("brother" in the same craft, occupation, or society).
- Middle BrotherA locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- North BrotherA locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- brother germanAlternative form of brother-german.
- co-brother-in-lawOne's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of …
- sugar brotherA man, usually wealthy, who financially funds or bails out another man, usually a platonic friend.
- Brother JonathanThe personification and emblem of New England. He is also an allegory of capitalism and transcendent aspirations, and, in the past, has occasionally been the national personification of the entire United States.
- baby brotherA younger brother regardless of age.
- Christian BrotherA member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a worldwide Catholic religious community founded by Edmund Rice.
- Forest BrotherOne of the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged a guerrilla war against Soviet rule during the invasion and occupation of the three Baltic states during, and after, World War II.
- step-brotherAlternative form of stepbrother: The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- soul brotherA fellow African American man.
Compound words 39
- brotherhoodThe state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
- brethrenplural of brother: Son of the same parents as another person.
- brotherlyOf or characteristic of brothers.
- merbrotherA brother who is a merman or merboy.
- brotherlessWithout a brother.
- godbrotherThe son or godson of one's godparent, or the godson of one's parent.
- brotherboyA member of a traditional gender role in Australian Aboriginal cultures, resembling trans men.
- brothernessbrotherhood
- swordbrotherA man who is a member of a military brotherhood.
- unbrotherTo make no longer a brother; to expel from a brotherhood.