Dictionary Entry
fraternal
fraternal is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. 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.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.
- 2adjective
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
"brotherly feelings"
"close fraternal ties"
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- 3adjective
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
"fraternal twins are biovular"
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- 4adjective
of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
"a fraternal order"
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