Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fellow-travel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
fel-low--trav-el
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Back-formation from fellow traveller.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fellow-travels (present, singular) fellow-traveling (US, participle) fellow-travelling (UK, participle) fellow-traveled (US, participle) fellow-traveled (US, past) fellow-travelled (UK, participle) fellow-travelled (UK, past)

Questions

What does fellow-travel mean?
To sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.
Where does fellow-travel come from?
Back-formation from fellow traveller.

How to pronounce fellow-travel

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