You use fellow to describe people who are in the same situation as you, or people you feel you have something in common with.
She discovered to her pleasure, a talent for making her fellow guests laugh.
Even in jail, my fellow inmates treated me with kindness.
2. countable noun
A fellow is a man or boy.
[informal, old-fashioned]
By all accounts, Rodger would appear to be a fine fellow.
Synonyms: man, boy, person, individual More Synonyms of fellow
3. plural noun
Your fellows are the people who you work with, do things with, or who are like you in some way.
[formal]
He stood out in terms of competence from all his fellows.
People looked out for one another and were concerned about the welfare of their fellows.
Synonyms: associate, colleague, peer, co-worker More Synonyms of fellow
4. countable noun
A fellowof an academic or professional association is someone who is a specially elected member of it, usually because of their work or achievements or as a mark of honour.
...the fellows of the Zoological Society of London. [+ of]
More Synonyms of fellow
fellow in British English
(ˈfɛləʊ)
noun
1.
a man or boy
2. an informal word for boyfriend
3. informal
one or oneself
a fellow has to eat
4.
a person considered to be of little importance or worth
5.
a. (often plural)
a companion; comrade; associate
b.
(as modifier)
fellow travellers
6.
(at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a member of the governing body of a college, who is usually a member of the teaching staff
7.
a member of the governing body or established teaching staff at any of various universities or colleges
8.
a postgraduate student employed, esp for a fixed period, to undertake research and, often, to do some teaching
9.
a.
a person in the same group, class, or condition
if in doubt, ask your fellows their opinions
b.
(as modifier)
fellow students
a fellow sufferer
10.
one of a pair; counterpart; mate
looking for the glove's fellow
Word origin
Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, one who lays down money, from fē money + lag a laying down
Fellow in British English
(ˈfɛləʊ)
noun
a member of any of various learned societies
Fellow of the British Academy
fellow in American English
(ˈfɛloʊ; ˈfɛlə)
noun
1. Obsolete
a person who shares; partner or accomplice
2.
a companion; associate
3.
a person of the same class or rank; equal; peer
4.
either of a pair of corresponding things; mate
5.
a graduate student who holds a fellowship in a university or college
6.
a member of a learned society
7.
at some British and U.S. universities,
a.
a faculty member who is a member of the governing body
b.
a scholar, journalist, etc. who is appointed on a fellowship for a given period of research, teaching, or both
8. Obsolete
a.
a person of a lower social class
b.
a coarse, rough man
9. Informal
a.
a man or boy
often in familiar address
b.
a person; one
a fellow must eat
10. Informal
a suitor; beau
adjective
11.
having the same ideas, position, work, etc.
12.
in the same condition; associated
fellow workers
Word origin
ME felaghe < Late OE feolaga, partner < feoh (see fee) + laga, a laying down (see law), after ON félagi: basic sense, “one laying down wealth for a joint undertaking”; senses fellow (sense 5), fellow (sense 6), fellow (sense 7), after L socius: see associate
Examples of 'fellow' in a sentence
fellow
He had little patience with fellow passengers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Helping fellow tribe members should cement your social ties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For most of their flying scenes they are attached by rope to a fellow cast member.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We're also introduced to her fellow students.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I worried about what my fellow parents and the teachers might think.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Aside from observing the etiquette of treating our fellow man respectfully, this strikes me as basic common sense.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I couldn't ask one of my fellows if they had experienced something similar.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For no good reason I had mentally criminalised a group of fellow passengers simply because they were young men.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He is tight-lipped about his fellow presenters, who he says are currently being auditioned.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You still have a few weeks to catch both shows (and works by her fellow shortlisted artists).
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She consoled herself with one of her fellow actors.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
They had tickets for standard class but enraged fellow passengers by settling down in first.
The Sun (2012)
But what about his fellow celeb chefs?
The Sun (2010)
My fellow passengers feel the same thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then we were told to work with a fellow course member.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This has already persuaded more than ten companies to give evidence against fellow cartel members.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She was there because her father was a don and a fellow of the college.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The show and her fellow judges will miss her.
The Sun (2013)
He was generous with his friends and trusted his fellow man.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
One by one his fellow passengers passed it back to him with smiles.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Police led him away to boos from fellow passengers.
The Sun (2012)
He feels competitive towards fellow students at the writing academy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Fellow workers also have their suspicions because his behaviour is irrational and his productivity erratic.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So they asked for and expected handouts from their fellow church members.
Christianity Today (2000)
Fellow staff shape beliefs and behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He was a really fine fellow.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
But most fellows don’t like it.
Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857)
Many of my fellow carers complained about small cost savings such as rationing in the amount of cleaning foam we could use.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She looked composed as she was snapped on the red carpet with her fellow judges - despite admitting she was nervous.
The Sun (2012)
He is currently a research fellow at a leading UK university.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
While in his office, I was introduced to the fellow who researched the stock.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
All related terms of 'fellow'
fellow men
if you refer to people as your fellow men, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
good fellow
an agreeable , convivial person
Odd Fellow
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows , a fraternal and benevolent secret society founded in England in the 18th cent .
fellow being
if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
fellow inmate
someone who is in a prison , hospital , or similar institution with you
fellow member
someone who is a member of the same organization or society as you
fellow pupil
The pupils of a school are the children who go to it.
fellow worker
someone you work with
fellow citizen
a fellow citizen is a citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
fellow creature
a person or animal considered as being similar or related to yourself
fellow feeling
Fellow feeling is sympathy and friendship that exists between people who have shared similar experiences or difficulties .
fellow soldier
A soldier is a person who works in an army, especially a person who is not an officer.
fellow student
a student in the same school, university, college , etc as you
fellow traveler
a person who espouses the cause of a party, esp. a Communist Party, without being a member; sympathizer
research fellow
A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
teaching fellow
a postgraduate student who is given tuition , accommodation , expenses , etc, in return for some teaching duties
fellow countryman
a fellow countryman is a male citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
fellow countrymen
→ fellow countryman
fellow passenger
a person travelling on the same vehicle, plane, ship etc as you
fellow traveller
a companion on a journey
fellow countrywoman
a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
fellow countrywomen
a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing , or being referred to
fellowman
companion
old chap
(used in informal direct address )
hail-fellow-well-met
genial and familiar , esp in an offensive or ingratiating way
Chinese translation of 'fellow'
fellow
(ˈfɛləu)
n(c)
(o.f., inf, = man) 小伙(夥)子 (xiǎohuǒzi) (个(個), gè)
(frm, = comrade) 同事 (tóngshì) (位, wèi)
[of learned society]会(會)员(員) (huìyuán) (位, wèi)
[of university]研究员(員) (yánjiūyuán) (名, míng)
cpd
their fellow prisoners/students他们(們)的狱(獄)友/同学(學) (tāmen de yùyǒu/tóngxué)
her fellow workers她的同事们(們) (tā de tóngshìmen)
Nearby words of
fellow
feet
feign
fell
fellow
fellowship
felony
felt
Related terms of
fellow
her fellow workers
their fellow prisoners/students
1 (noun)
Definition
a man or boy
(old-fashioned)
He appeared to be a fine fellow.
Synonyms
man
I had not expected the young man to reappear before evening.
boy
I knew him when he was just a little boy.
person
individual
the rights and responsibilities of the individual
customer (informal)
character
What an unpleasant character he is!
guy (informal)
I was working with a guy from Vietnam.
bloke (British, informal)
He is a really nice bloke.
punter (informal)
Most of these artists are not known to the ordinary punter.
chap (informal)
Her husband's a very decent chap.
boykie (South Africa, informal)
2 (noun)
Definition
a comrade or associate
He stood out from all his fellows at work.
Synonyms
associate
the restaurant owner's business associates
colleague
Three of my colleagues have been made redundant.
peer
Her personality made her popular with her peers.
co-worker
member
The support of our members is of great importance to the Association.
friend
I had a long talk with my best friend.
partner
They were partners in crime.
equal
She was one of them, their equal.
companion
He has been her constant companion for the last six years.
comrade
Unlike so many of his comrades, he survived the war.
crony
his weekend drinking sessions with his cronies
compeer
3 (noun)
Definition
a person in the same group or condition
Synonyms
counterpart
It is unlikely that his counterpart in India will disagree with him at this point.