What does fellowship mean?
Word: Fellowship
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Fellowship means a friendly feeling among people who share an interest or an aim; also a group of such people, or money given to a scholar to do advanced study.
Synonyms: friendship, brotherhood, society
Antonyms: rivalry, enmity
How do you spell fellowship?
Syllables: fel - low - ship
Tricky part: Fellow has a double l, and both l's stay when ship is added.
Watch out for: felowship, fellouship
Memory tip: Two fellows, two l's: one l for each friend standing side by side.
Fellowship in a sentence
Example 1: The scouts' camp built a strong sense of fellowship among the children.
Example 2: After her PhD, my aunt won a fellowship to do research in Tokyo.
Example 3: The village feast was a time of fellowship and shared food.
Fun Fact
The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, published in 1954, is called The Fellowship of the Ring, after the group of nine companions who set out together.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
fellow____
a) chip
b) shipp
c) shep
d) ship
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d) ship. The ending that names a state or a group keeps a single p, as in friendship.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
felloweship
a) w
b) e
c) o
d) l
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b) e. The ending ship joins straight on, with no extra vowel before it.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
fellowship
a) companionship
b) hardship
c) ownership
d) leadership
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a) companionship. Fellowship and companionship both describe people who enjoy being together.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) scholarship
b) felloship
c) citizenship
d) membership
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b) felloship. The w of fellow stays in front of ship; the other three are spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A sense of fellowship grows when people ____.
a) compete for a single prize
b) always work alone at home
c) avoid talking to each other
d) share a goal and work together
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d) share a goal and work together
2. The word fellow comes from an Old Norse word for ____.
a) a business partner
b) a village elder
c) a young farmer
d) a ship's captain
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a) a business partner
