fellow

fellow is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
2. noun. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
3. noun. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
4. noun. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
5. noun. A person; an individual.
6. noun. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
7. noun. 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.
8. noun. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
9. transitive verb. To suit with; to pair with; to match.
10. noun. a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

    "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

    Synonyms: beau, boyfriend, swain

11. noun. a boy or man

    "that chap is your host"

    "there's a fellow at the door"

    Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad

12. noun. a person who is member of one's class or profession

    "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"

    "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

    Synonyms: colleague, confrere

13. noun. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

    "drinking companions"

    "comrades in arms"

    Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, familiar

14. noun. an informal form of address for a man

    "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"

    "Hey buster, what's up?"

    Synonyms: buster, dude

15. noun. a member of a learned society

    "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"

16. noun. one of a pair

    "he lost the mate to his shoe"

    "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

    Synonyms: mate

Synonyms

beau, boyfriend, swain, blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad, colleague, confrere, associate, companion, comrade, familiar, buster, dude, mate

Common word forms

fellows, fellowed, fellowly, fellowing, fellowless

Words from these letters

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