[syn: brotherly, brotherlike, fraternal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr.
L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv.
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An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --Milton.
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Fraternal love and friendship. --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fraternal
adj 1: of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men;
"a fraternal order"
2: (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;
"fraternal twins are biovular" [syn: fraternal, biovular]
[ant: identical, monovular]
3: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly
feelings"; "close fraternal ties" [syn: brotherly,
brotherlike, fraternal] [ant: sisterlike, sisterly,
sororal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "fraternal":
Christian, Christlike, Christly, affectionate, agreeable, amiable,
amicable, benign, benignant, brotherly, compassionate, congenial,
decent, favorable, friendlike, friendly, good, gracious,
harmonious, human, humane, idealistic, intellectual, kind,
kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, loving, neighborlike,
neighborly, nice, peaceable, pleasant, simpatico, sisterly,
sociable, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathique, sympathizing,
tender, tenderhearted, unhostile, warm, warmhearted, well-affected,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant