fellow

/ˈfɛloʊ/

/ˈfeləʊ/

Other forms: fellows

Fellow is an old fashioned word for “guy.” If you’re wearing a top hat, you may address someone as “my good fellow.” It’s also a non-stuffy word to describe people in the same situation, such as you and your fellow Vocabulary.com fans.

Other words for fellow include "chap" and "dude." A fellow can also be someone’s boyfriend, as in “Is he your fellow?” an interested suitor might ask. Another kind of fellow is an academic who's either reached a high position or won a prestigious scholarship. A MacArthur Fellow, for example, is a person who won a MacArthur fellowship (a well-deserved hunk of money). Fellow comes from an Old English word, feolaga, "one who shares with another."

Definitions of fellow

1. noun

   a boy or man
   “there's a fellow at the door”

   synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad

   types:

   dog

   informal term for a man

   type of:

   male, male person

   a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
2. noun

   an informal form of address for a man
   “Say, fellow, what are you doing?”

   synonyms: buster, dude

   type of:

   adult male, man

   an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
3. noun

   a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
   synonyms: beau, boyfriend, swain, young man

   type of:

   lover

   a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

   adult male, man

   an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
4. noun

   a friend who is frequently in the company of another
   synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, familiar

   types:

   date, escort

   a participant in a date

   playfellow, playmate

   a companion at play

   tovarich, tovarisch

   a comrade (especially in Russian communism)

   blind date

   a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)

   type of:

   friend

   a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
5. noun

   one of a pair
   “one eye was blue but its fellow was brown”

   synonyms: mate

   type of:

   singleton

   a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
6. noun

   a person who is member of one's class or profession
   “he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers”

   synonyms: colleague, confrere

   type of:

   associate

   a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
7. noun

   a member of a learned society
   “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”

   type of:

   fellow member, member

   one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)