FELLOW Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

fellow

noun

ˈfe-(ˌ)lō

as in boyfriend

a male romantic companion most of the players were bringing their fellows to the banquet in the clubhouse after the tennis tournament

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as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another the singer's fellows were rumored to have ties to organized crime

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as in male

an adult male human being what does a fellow have to do to get waited on around here? your son is a bright young fellow

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as in half

either of a pair matched in one or more qualities one ice skate isn't much good without its fellow

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as in equivalent

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value he is well regarded as a chemist by his fellows in the field

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Examples of fellow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tamburello's fellow The Challenge star Cara Maria Sorbello, 38, took credit for setting them up in the comments section. —

Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024 Onkar Ghate, a senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, is a contributing author to many books on Rand’s ideas and philosophy. —

Onkar Ghate, Orange County Register, 1 Sep. 2024 Neale, a principal research fellow at the QMR Birkhoff, a medical research institute in Brisbane, Australia, has been studying skin cancer since 1993. —

Andrea Kane, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024 Rahim is the final Afghan detainee in Guantánamo Bay, according to Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of the FDD’s Long War Journal. —

Beth Bailey, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fellow

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