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Fellowship

n. kind, calm warm

What it means

Meaning 1

Companionship built through shared activity, values, or experience.

Reach for it when naming warm solidarity within a community or group

Cooking together created fellowship among residents who had arrived from different places.

Meaning 2

A funded academic or professional appointment for advanced work.

Reach for it when referring to a formal award that supports study, research, or service

The fellowship gives early-career doctors a year to study rural health.

Words to choose between 8

By register, from playful at the top to literary at the bottom, and by meaning across. Tap a word to see when it fits.
Meaning 1Meaning 2
everyday
warm
professional
formal

Meaning 1: Companionship built through shared activity, values, or experience.

  • everyday

    camaraderie

    Fits when shared work or challenge creates easy mutual trust

    Careful It may feel too informal or team-centered for a faith community.

  • everyday

    community

    Fits when the people and their continuing network matter

    Careful Community names the group; fellowship names the bond among them.

  • warm

    companionship

    Fits when the comfort of spending time together is central

    Careful Companionship can exist between two people without a shared group purpose.

  • formal

    solidarity

    Fits when unity around a cause or shared condition drives the connection

    Careful Solidarity can be political or strategic without friendly companionship.

Meaning 2: A funded academic or professional appointment for advanced work.

  • professional

    grant

    Fits when money is awarded for a defined project

    Careful Grant does not imply the training, status, or membership of a fellowship.

  • professional

    residency

    Fits when structured practice at a host institution is intended

    Careful Residency is field-specific and often requires physical presence.

  • professional

    scholarship

    Fits when funding for study is the main benefit

    Careful A scholarship may pay tuition without providing a role or cohort.

  • formal

    appointment

    Fits when the selected role matters more than its funding

    Careful An appointment can be a regular job rather than a developmental award.

Opposites 3

  • isolation
  • division
  • exclusion

Common phrases 3

  • spirit of fellowship

    A spirit of fellowship continued after the final match.

  • research fellowship

    Her research fellowship supports a study of coastal farms.

  • fellowship program

    The fellowship program pairs each participant with a local mentor.

Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vininn126, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated