fellow
1. a boy or man (Freq. 48)
- that chap is your host
- there's a fellow at the door
- he's a likable cuss
- he's a good bloke
• Syn:
chap, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke
• Hypernyms:
male, male person
• Hyponyms:
dog
2. a friend who is frequently in the company of another (Freq. 20)
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
• Syn:
companion, comrade, familiar, associate
• Derivationally related forms:
associate (for: associate), familiar (for: familiar), fellowship, comradely (for: comrade), comradeship (for: comrade), companionship (for: companion), companion (for: companion)
• Hypernyms:
friend
• Hyponyms:
date, escort, playmate, playfellow, tovarich, tovarisch
3. a person who is member of one's class or profession (Freq. 18)
- the surgeon consulted his colleagues
- he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers
• Syn:
colleague, confrere
• Derivationally related forms:
fellowship
• Hypernyms:
associate
4. one of a pair
- he lost the mate to his shoe
- one eye was blue but its fellow was brown
• Syn:
mate
• Hypernyms:
singleton
• Part Holonyms:
couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace,
span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet,
dyad, duad
5. a member of a learned society
- he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association
• Hypernyms:
member, fellow member
6. 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
• Syn:
boyfriend, beau, swain, young man
• Hypernyms:
man, adult male, lover
7. an informal form of address for a man
- Say, fellow, what are you doing?
- Hey buster, what's up?
• Syn:
dude, buster
• Hypernyms:
man, adult male
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