Dear vs. Sister

Dearadjective

High in price; expensive.

Dearadjective

Loved; lovable.

Dearadjective

Loving, affectionate, heartfelt

Dearadjective

Precious to or greatly valued by someone.

Dearadjective

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

Dearadjective

A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.

Dearadjective

An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.

Dearadjective

(obsolete) Noble.

Dearadjective

Severe, or severely affected; sore.

Dearadjective

(obsolete) Fierce.

Dearnoun

A very kind, loving person.

Dearnoun

A beloved person

Dearverb

(obsolete) To endear.

Dearadverb

dearly; at a high price

Dearadjective

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

Dearadjective

Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

Dearadjective

Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.

Dearadjective

Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.

Dearadjective

Of disagreeable things and antipathies.

Dearnoun

A dear one; lover; sweetheart.

Dearadverb

Dearly; at a high price.

Dearverb

To endear.

Dearnoun

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

Dearnoun

a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

Dearadjective

dearly loved

Dearadjective

with or in a close or intimate relationship;

Dearadjective

earnest;

Dearadjective

having a high price;

Dearadverb

with affection;

Dearadverb

at a great cost;

Dearadjective

regarded with deep affection

Dearadjective

used in speech as a polite or affectionate form of address

Dearadjective

used in the polite form of address at the start of a letter.

Dearadjective

endearing; sweet

Dearadjective

expensive

Dearnoun

used as an affectionate or friendly form of address

Dearnoun

a sweet or endearing person

Dearadverb

at a high cost

Dearinterjection

used in expressions of surprise, dismay, or sympathy

Sisternoun

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

Sisternoun

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

Sisternoun

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

Sisternoun

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

Sisternoun

Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

Sisternoun

(slang) A black woman.

Sisternoun

(informal) A form of address to a woman.

Sisternoun

A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

Sisternoun

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

Sisternoun

(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Sisternoun

Something in the same class.

Sisterverb

To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

Sisternoun

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

Sisternoun

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

a female person who has the same parents as another person;

Sisternoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address);

Sisternoun

a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;

Sisternoun

sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Sister

A sister is a woman or girl who shares one or more parents with another individual. The male counterpart is a brother.