BLOOD BROTHER Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

blood brother

noun

Definition of blood brother

as in brother

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Recent Examples of blood brother The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025 Then there’s 21 Lil Harold, who’s opening for Savage on the tour, and TJ, 23, who might as well be his blood brother. — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023 Lil Gotit, Render’s blood brother and fellow Atlanta rapper, shared the news on Instagram late Friday evening. — Shirley Ju, Variety, 14 May 2022 Known as the Lotus Elise's blood brother, the VX220 was built from 2000 to 2005. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025 Not only was Philips instrumental in starting TSMC, but TSMC’s blood brother in chipmaking is now ASML, the photolithography giant based in Veldhoven. Chips, the ones without ketchup, would eventually take the place of umbrellas and Barbie dolls in Taiwan’s economy. — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023

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Noun

Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan capture their fourth straight major with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo at Wimbledon.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
At the ages of 15 and 12, the brothers walked shoulder-to-shoulder behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin in 1997.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of brother

Noun

Also in attendance to celebrate the couple on their big day was Dunham's ex and Swift's longtime collaborator, Jack Antonoff, who was seen leaving for the event with his sister, Rachel Antonoff.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Suki Waterhouse, Selena Gomez, the Haim sisters, Zoë Kravitz, Emma Stone, Gigi Hadid, and Jack Antonoff are all likely attendees.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of sister

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Andy Green is set to be the Mets’ main man for the remainder of the season, tapped as the interim manager following Friday’s firing of Carlos Mendoza.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
Crucially for England, their main man, Harry Kane, got off the mark scoring twice.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Definition of main man

Noun

As reflected in an email thread used in the Watson case, Valentine reacted skeptically in 2019 when a colleague told her a particular hospital wanted to exit its contract with Mead Johnson.

— David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The incident sparked a one-game suspension for Thomas and another discourse about the treatment Clark has received from her WNBA colleagues in the floor.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

If Galileo was the first to describe the moon’s features in detail, his contemporary and sometimes pen pal Johannes Kepler was the first person who might have understood the importance of sending us there.

— Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
With so much time apart, the two returned to their pen pal roots.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of pen pal

Noun

Complementing the peer model is Leadership Coaching, delivered through one-to-one engagements focused on executive growth, decision clarity, and performance alignment.

— William Jones, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Yet, despite a smattering of citations, the work is impossible to fact-check, much less peer-review.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of peer

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