ADJ.

big, elder, older

Bill idolizes his big brother, who is a professional footballer.

| baby, kid, little, small, wee, younger | twin | full (= sharing both parents) | half- (= sharing one parent), step-, stepbrother (= the son from an earlier marriage of your stepfather or stepmother) | beloved, much-loved

She wrote daily to her beloved brother, Leo.

| long-lost

His old teacher greeted him like a long-lost brother.

| dead, deceased, late

He married the wife of his late brother.

| bachelor, unmarried

PHRASES

blood brothers

(= close friends who have sworn to remain friends for life),

brother and sister

Have you got any brothers and sisters?

| like brothers

The boys are so close, they're like brothers.