brotherless
Without male siblings
Brotherless means having no brother, either because one was never born or because a brother has died.
The word appears most often in literary or formal contexts: She grew up brotherless in a house of sisters.
The war left many families brotherless.
Deprived by death
- orphanedDeprived of parents
- sisterlessWithout any sisters
- fatherlessWithout a male parent
- motherlessWithout a mother
parentless · alone · bereft · grieving · mourning · surviving · widowed · childless
Person without siblings
- siblinglessWithout brothers or sisters
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- singleOne in number
- loneExisting by itself
unaccompanied · solitary · isolated · alone · individual · unique · singular · separate
bereaved
Deprived by death
- orphanedDeprived of parents
- sisterlessWithout any sisters
- fatherlessWithout a male parent
motherless · parentless · alone · bereft · grieving · mourning · surviving · widowed · childless · familyless
only child
Person without siblings
- siblinglessWithout brothers or sisters
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- singleOne in number
lone · unaccompanied · solitary · isolated · alone · individual · unique · singular · separate · distinct
brother, brothers, brotherly, brotherhood, big brother, band of brothers, stepbrother, half-brother, brothering