brother
Son's male counterpart
A brother is a male who shares at least one parent with another person.
The term extends to men bound by shared membership or commitment: fraternity brothers, brothers in arms, fellow monks.
Black Americans use brother (often shortened to bro) as a term of solidarity among men.
To brother someone is to treat them as kin.
He's been like a brother to me.
Female sibling
- twinOne of matched pair
- olderMore advanced in age
- youngerLess old comparatively
- middleCentral point or position
firstborn · baby · triplet · rivalry · siblinghood · kinship · playmate · confidant
Supportive partner
- solidarityUnity among allies
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- companionOne who keeps company
partner · colleague · associate · confidant · accomplice · bond · trust · camaraderie
Slang for male friend
- buddyInformal term for companion
- palClose trusted companion
- matePartner or companion
- dudeInformal word for man
bruh · bruv · brah · homie · fam · brotha · big guy · my man
sister
Female sibling
middle · firstborn · baby · triplet · rivalry · siblinghood · kinship · playmate · confidant · birth order
ally
Supportive partner
- solidarityUnity among allies
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
companion · partner · colleague · associate · confidant · accomplice · bond · trust · camaraderie · support
bro
Slang for male friend
dude · bruh · bruv · brah · homie · fam · brotha · big guy · my man · cuz
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
cloister · habit · vows · celibacy · prayer · order · benedictine · novice · abbot · congregation
guardian
Protective caretaker of another
protective · escort · champion · rescuer · looking out · backup · shield · provider · mentor · role model
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- family membersmother, father, sister, son, daughter
- humanityhuman, human being, humans, people, mankind
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
brothersister
Female sibling
sis · half-sister · stepsister · sister-in-law · girl
brotheronly child
Person without siblings
stranger · outsider · non-relative · singleton · acquaintance
- older brotherMale sibling born earlier
- little brotherYounger male sibling
- younger brotherMale sibling born later
- baby brotherYoung male sibling
- big brotherOlder male sibling
- twin brotherMale born simultaneously
brothers, brotherly, brotherhood, big brother, stepbrother, half-brother, unbrotherly, brotherliness, blood brother