fellow in English dictionary

  • fellow

    Meanings and definitions of "fellow"

    • A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
    • A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
    • An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
    • One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
    • A person; an individual.
    • In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
    • 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.
    • A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
    • The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some fellows also hold business titles such as vice president or chief technology officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.
    • Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group
    • To suit with; to pair with; to match.
    • adjective
      Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A colleague or partner.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A companion; a comrade.
    • noun
      A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
    • noun
      An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
    • noun
      One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
    • noun
      (colloquial)
      A male person; a man.
    • noun
      (rare)
      A person; an individual, male or female.
    • noun
      (heading)
      A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".
    • verb
      To suit with; to pair with; to match.
    • party (of people)
    • noun
      an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"
    • noun
      a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"
    • noun
      a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
    • noun
      a man who is the lover of a man or woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"; "When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim"
    • noun
      a member of a learned society; "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"
    • 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"
    • noun
      one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

    Synonyms of "fellow" in English dictionary

    lover, beau, male are the top synonyms of "fellow" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fellow

    • fellow ( third-person singular simple present fellows, present participle fellowing, simple past and past participle fellowed)
    • fellow ( plural  fellows)
    • fellow ( not comparable)
    • fellow (not comparable)
    • fellow (plural fellows)
    • fellow (third-person singular simple present fellows, present participle fellowing, simple past and past participle fellowed)
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