fellowship

US /ˈfɛloʊˌʃɪp/ UK /ˈfɛləʊʃɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
friendly companionship among people with shared interests

The club fostered fellowship among its members.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · friendly companionship... companionship camaraderie comradeship fraternity communion brotherhood sodality conviviality

Opposites

isolation estrangement alienation

Word family

Related forms fellow

Etymology

From Middle English felaweshipe, from felawe ('companion, fellow') + -ship. Felawe is from Old Norse félagi ('partner, one who lays down money in a joint venture'), from fé ('money, property') + lag ('a laying down, partnership').

félagi Old Norse -scipe Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# fellowship

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɛloʊˌʃɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɛləʊʃɪp/

## Meanings
1. friendly companionship among people with shared interests

## Examples
- The club fostered fellowship among its members.

## Synonyms
- companionship
- camaraderie
- comradeship
- fraternity
- communion
- brotherhood
- sodality
- conviviality

## Antonyms
- isolation
- estrangement
- alienation

## Related Forms
- fellow

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: félagi
- Root: -scipe

## Etymology
From Middle English felaweshipe, from felawe ('companion, fellow') + -ship. Felawe is from Old Norse félagi ('partner, one who lays down money in a joint venture'), from fé ('money, property') + lag ('a laying down, partnership').

## AI Etymology
Fellowship comes from Middle English felaweshipe, from felawe ('companion, fellow') + -ship. Felawe is from Old Norse félagi ('partner, one who lays down money in a joint venture'), from fé ('money, property') + lag ('a laying down, partnership'). The historical trail runs through Old Norse félagi and Old English -scipe. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means friendly companionship among people with shared interests. Related forms include fellow.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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