brother: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with B · ends with R
Meaning of brother
noun
Son of the same parents as another person.
A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).
A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
Example: Thank you, brother.
- informal
A form of address to a man.
Example: Brother, can you spare a dime?
Listed forms: brothers, brethren, brotha, brudda, brothah, brothuh, bruvver.
Source: Wiktionary — brother.
verb
- transitive
To treat as a brother.
Listed forms: brothers, brothering, brothered, brotha, brudda, brothah, brothuh.
Source: Wiktionary — brother.
intj
Expressing exasperation.
Example: We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!
Listed forms: brotha, brudda, brothah, brothuh, bruvver.
Source: Wiktionary — brother.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for brother.
noun
a male with the same parents as someone else
- blood brother
noun
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is brother in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of brother
B(3) + R(1) + O(1) + T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of brother
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from brother
57 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in brother. Showing up to 24, longest first.