Sister vs. Sibling

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.

Siblingnoun

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

Siblingnoun

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

Siblingnoun

a brother or a sister.

Siblingadjective

of or pertaining to a sibling, n.; as, sibling rivalry: the common rivalry between siblings.

Siblingnoun

a person's brother or sister

Sibling

A sibling is a gender neutral word for a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister.