Antonyms for fellowship
ˈfɛl oʊˌʃɪpfel·low·ship

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1. fellowship

   Acquaintance between persons supposes that each knows the other; we may know a public man by his writings or speeches, and by sight, but can not claim acquaintance unless he personally knows us. There may be pleasant acquaintance with little companionship; and conversely, much companionship with little acquaintance, as between busy clerks at adjoining desks. So there may be association in business without intimacy or friendship. Acquaintance admits of many degrees, from a slight or passing to a familiar or intimate acquaintance; but acquaintance unmodified commonly signifies less than familiarity or intimacy. As regards persons, familiarity is becoming restricted to the undesirable sense, as in the proverb, "Familiarity breeds contempt;" hence, in personal relations, the word intimacy, which refers to mutual knowledge of thought and feeling, is now uniformly preferred. Friendship includes acquaintance with some degree of intimacy, and ordinarily companionship, though in a wider sense friendship may exist between those who have never met, but know each other only by word and deed. Acquaintance does not involve friendship, for one may be well acquainted with an enemy. Fellowship involves not merely acquaintance and companionship, but sympathy as well. There may be much friendship without much fellowship, as between those whose homes or pursuits are far apart. There may be pleasant fellowship which does not reach the fulness of friendship. Compare ATTACHMENT; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE. As regards studies, pursuits, etc., acquaintance is less than familiarity, which supposes minute knowledge of particulars, arising often from long experience or association.

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarity

   Synonyms:
   acquaintance, association, companionship, experience, familiarity, friendship, intimacy, knowledge

   Preposition:
   Acquaintance with a subject; of one person with another; between persons.

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1. fellowship

   Antonyms:
   severance, disconnection, dismemberment, felonious

   Synonyms:
   association, membership, company, partnership, sociality, brotherhood, familiarity, intimacy, society, acquaintance

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1. family, fellowshipnoun

   an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

   "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"

   Synonyms:
   kinsperson, mob, crime syndicate, kinfolk, menage, family line, family unit, class, home, category, kinsfolk, family, companionship, company, society, folk, household, sept, kin, phratry, house, syndicate

2. company, companionship, fellowship, societynoun

   the state of being with someone

   "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"

   Synonyms:
   society, social club, party, troupe, beau monde, smart set, gild, companionship, club, family, ship's company, bon ton, high society, guild, caller, company, order, lodge

3. fellowshipnoun

   money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

   Synonyms:
   society, family, company, companionship

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1. fellowshipnoun

   Synonyms:
   companionship, communion, converse, association

How to use fellowship in a sentence?

1. Virginia:

   One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.

2. Giuseppe Mazzini:

   Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples. You are the bastards of Humanity. Soldiers without a banner, Israelites among the nations, you will find neither faith nor protection; none will be sureties for you. Do not beguile yourselves with the hope of emancipation from unjust social conditions if you do not first conquer a Country for yourselves.

3. Dan Gilbert:

   The decision to support the Venture for America Fellowship program was a no brainer, it’s exactly what cities like Detroit and Cleveland need to continue to thrive.

4. Barack Obama:

   We knew their pastor, Reverend Clementa Pinckney, who, along with eight others gathered in prayer and fellowship, and was murdered last night, and to say our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families and their community doesn't say enough to convey the heartache and the sadness and the anger that we feel.

5. William Wycherley:

   Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

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