Need another word that means the same as “fellow”? Find 42 synonyms and 30 related words for “fellow” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Fellow” are: mate, beau, boyfriend, swain, colleague, confrere, associate, companion, comrade, familiar, buster, dude, blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad, man, boy, friend, crony, partner, co-worker, peer, equal, contemporary, brother, counterpart, match, twin, double, subscriber, representative, attender, insider, adherent, life member, founder member, card-carrying member
Fellow as a Noun
Definitions of "Fellow" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fellow” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- One of a pair.
- A man who is the lover of a man or woman.
- An informal form of address for a man.
- An incorporated senior member of a college.
- A thing of the same kind as or otherwise associated with another.
- A person who is member of one's class or profession.
- A man or boy.
- A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
- A member of the governing body in some universities.
- A member of a learned society.
- A person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another.
- An elected graduate receiving a stipend for a period of research.
- A friend who is frequently in the company of another.
- A boy or man.
Synonyms of "Fellow" as a noun (42 Words)
adherent | Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas. He was a strong adherent of monetarism. |
associate | A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies. The patient was asked to commit to memory a list of five paired associates. |
attender | A person who is present and participates in a meeting. He was a regular attender at department meetings. |
beau | A rich, fashionable young man; a dandy. |
blighter | A boy or man. You little blighter. |
bloke | A man. He s a nice bloke. |
boy | A friendly form of address from one man to another, especially from an older man to a young man. The school provides education for both boys and girls. |
boyfriend | A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman. A boyfriend cardigan. |
brother | A male associate or fellow member of an organization. None of his brothers would betray him. |
buster | A person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something. Sanction buster. |
card-carrying member | One of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization. |
chap | (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs. That chap is your host. |
co-worker | An associate that one works with. |
colleague | A person who is member of one’s class or profession. The surgeon consulted his colleagues. |
companion | A person, usually a woman, employed to live with and assist another. His travelling companion. |
comrade | (in South Africa) a young militant supporter of the African National Congress. An old college comrade. |
confrere | A person who is member of one’s class or profession. |
contemporary | A person of nearly the same age as another. He was a contemporary of Darwin. |
counterpart | A duplicate copy. The minister held talks with his French counterpart. |
crony | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. He went gambling with his cronies. |
cuss | Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. He was certainly an unsociable cuss. |
double | A double measure of spirits. Join the two sleeping bags together to make a double. |
dude | A city-dweller, especially one holidaying on a ranch in the western US. If some dude smacked me I d smack him back. |
equal | A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. Entertainment facilities without equal in the British Isles. |
familiar | (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope’s or bishop’s household. Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts. |
fella | A person’s boyfriend or lover. She took a fancy to her best friend s fella. |
feller | A person who fells trees. |
founder member | A worker who makes metal castings. |
friend | A member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. He was my best friend at the university. |
gent | Informal abbreviation of gentleman. A gents hairdressing shop. |
insider | A person within a group or organization, especially someone privy to information unavailable to others. Political insiders. |
lad | A boy or young man (often as a form of address. She wouldn t let him go out with the lads any more. |
life member | A motive for living. |
man | A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer. I m more of a man than you ll ever be. |
match | The score needed to win a match. A boxing match. |
mate | South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. Camels hate leaving their mates. |
partner | A person who is a member of a partnership. She and her dance partner were on the show for seven weeks. |
peer | A nobleman duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron who is a member of the British peerage. |
representative | An example of a class or group. A sales representative for Norwich Union. |
subscriber | Someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money. The company has 2 6 million subscribers to its digital service. |
swain | A country youth. |
twin | A twin bedded room. There was a bruise on his cheek a twin to the one on mine. |
Usage Examples of "Fellow" as a noun
- He was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association.
- He sent e-mail to his fellow hackers.
- Say, fellow, what are you doing?
- There's a fellow at the door.
- One eye was blue but its fellow was brown.
- A tutorial fellow.
- A fellow of the Geological Society.
- He was learning with a rapidity unique among his fellows.
- He was an extremely obliging fellow.
- The page has been torn away from its fellows.
Associations of "Fellow" (30 Words)
acquaintance | Acquaintances considered collectively. The pupils had little acquaintance with the language. |
beau | A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman. |
boyfriend | Denoting an item of clothing for a woman or girl that is designed to be loose-fitting or slightly oversized. When the law changed Pet could finally married his long time boyfriend Jim. |
brother | A male with the same parents as someone else. He recognized her from her strong resemblance to her brother. |
buddy | Used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known. I m working on it buddy. |
colleague | An associate that one works with. The surgeon consulted his colleagues. |
companion | Be a companion to somebody. Drinking companions. |
compatriot | A fellow citizen or national of a country. Stich defeated his compatriot Boris Becker in the quarter finals. |
comrade | A fellow member of the Communist Party. Comrades in arms. |
comradeship | The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability. His greatest joy came from comradeship with others in the team. |
consort | A family of similar musical instrument playing together. It did not consort with his idea of scientific government. |
countryman | A man living or born in a rural area. They trust a fellow countryman. |
crony | A close friend or companion. He went gambling with his cronies. |
cub | Give birth to cubs. Members of the Grafton Hunt were out cubbing. |
dandy | Relating to or characteristic of a dandy. Ruffle fronted dandy shirts. |
dear | Dearly loved. He paid dearly for the food. |
ex | The 24th letter of the Roman alphabet. All his exes live in Texas. |
folk | Folk music. Some folk will do anything for money. |
friend | Befriend someone. They are friends of the library. |
husband | Use (resources) economically. She husbanded their financial resources through difficult times. |
lad | A young man who is boisterously macho. It s great for the lads that the horse has won the National. |
mate | South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. Camels hate leaving their mates. |
pal | Used as a form of address, especially to indicate anger or aggression. Back off pal. |
partner | Provide with a partner. Astaire partnered Rogers. |
peer | A nobleman duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron who is a member of the British peerage. We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around. |
son | Used by an older person as a form of address for a boy or young man. One of Norfolk s most famous sons. |
spouse | A person’s partner in marriage. |
wife | The wife of a person with a specified occupation. He and his wife are keen gardeners. |
workmate | A person with whom one works. |
young | Relating to or consisting of young people. A young industry. |