Fellow

['feləʊ] or ['fɛlo]

Definition

(noun.) an informal form of address for a man; 'Say, fellow, what are you doing?'; 'Hey buster, what's up?'.

(noun.) a member of a learned society; 'he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association'.

Edited by Linda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

(n.) A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

(n.) An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

(n.) One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.

(n.) A person; an individual.

(n.) In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

(n.) In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

(n.) A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

(v. t.) To suit with; to pair with; to match.

Edited by Helen

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Companion, associate, comrade.[2]. Equal, peer, compeer.[3]. Mate, counterpart.[4]. [England.] Member (of a college, participating in its instruction and sharing its revenues).

Typed by Frank

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Companion, adherent, equal, compeer, comrade, colleague, member, match, tally,correlative, partner, friend, associate

ANT:Foe, opponent, stranger, mismatch, opposite, antagonist

Edited by Gertrude

Definition

n. an associate: a companion and equal: one of a pair a mate: a member of a university who enjoys a fellowship: a member of a scientific or other society: an individual a person generally: a worthless person.—ns. Fell′ow-cit′izen one belonging to the same city; Fell′ow-comm′oner at Cambridge and elsewhere a privileged class of undergraduates dining at the Fellows' table; Fell′ow-crea′ture one of the same race; Fell′ow-feel′ing feeling between fellows or equals: sympathy; Fell′ow-heir a joint-heir.—adv. Fell′owly (Shak.) companionable.—ns. Fell′ow-man a man of the same common nature with one's self; Fell′ow-serv′ant one who has the same master; Fell′owship the state of being a fellow or partner: friendly intercourse: communion: an association: an endowment in a college for the support of graduates called Fellows: the position and income of a fellow: (arith.) the proportional division of profit and loss among partners.—Good fellowship companionableness; Right hand of fellowship the right hand given by one minister or elder to another at an ordination in some churches.

Editor: Shelton