What does brotherhood mean?
Word: Brotherhood
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Brotherhood means a feeling of closeness and loyalty between people, as if they were brothers. It can also mean a group of people joined by a shared aim.
Synonyms: fellowship
Antonyms: hostility
How do you spell brotherhood?
Syllables: broth - er - hood
Tricky part: The first vowel sounds like the u in cup, but it is written o, as in mother and other (bruther).
Watch out for: brothrhood, bruthahood, brotherood
Memory tip: Mother and other spell that u sound with an o too.
Brotherhood in a sentence
Example 1: The festival brought a spirit of brotherhood to the whole colony.
Example 2: After a whole season of training together, the players felt a strong brotherhood.
Example 3: Gandhiji spoke about brotherhood among all people.
Fun Fact
In 1893 Swami Vivekananda began his famous speech in Chicago with the words Sisters and Brothers of America, and it is still remembered as a call for brotherhood.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
brother
a) hud
b) hood
c) hoode
d) hode
Show answer
b) hood. The ending is hood, as in childhood and neighbourhood.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
brotherhood
a) loneliness
b) friendship
c) jealousy
d) rivalry
Show answer
b) friendship. Brotherhood is a close friendship between people.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
dorhothbore
a) brotherhodo
b) brothrehood
c) brotehrhood
d) brotherhood
Show answer
d) brotherhood. Find the seven-letter family word first, then the four letters left.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our scout troop shares a strong feeling of brothorhood.
a) troop
b) strong
c) brothorhood
d) scout
Show answer
c) brothorhood. The first part is the word brother, which ends in er.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The villagers rebuilt each other's homes after the flood, in a spirit of brotherhood. This means they:
a) argued over whose home came first
b) waited for others to help them
c) helped one another like family
d) raced to finish their own first
Show answer
c) helped one another like family
2. Brotherhood is not only for brothers. Which group could share it?
a) strangers passing in a street
b) two rivals in a quarrel
c) people who have never met
d) players in a football team
Show answer
d) players in a football team
