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Synonyms for Sister
ˈsɪs tərsis·ter

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  1. sisternoun

    Synonyms:
    Sis., Ss.

    Antonyms:
    brother

  2. sisternoun

    Synonyms:
    sis

  3. Sisternoun

    Synonyms:
    affiliate, affiliated

  4. Sisternoun

    Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.

    At the convent, Sister Grace supervises the kitchen.

    Synonyms:
    Ss., Sis.

    Antonyms:
    brother

  5. Sisternoun

    a female member of a religious community; a nun.

    Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.

    Synonyms:
    Ss., Sis., sistren, nun

    Antonyms:
    brother

  6. sisternoun

    An informal title used as part of another moniker:

    Native American leader Chief Seattle urged ecological responsibility, referring to Brother Eagle and Sister Sky in his purported 1854 speech.

    Synonyms:
    Sis., Ss., charge nurse

    Antonyms:
    brother

  7. sisternoun

    Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.

    Antonyms:
    brother

  8. sisternoun

    Antonyms:
    brother

  9. sisternoun

    a form of address to a woman

    Synonyms:
    darling, dear, lady, miss, pet, love

    Antonyms:
    brother

  10. sisternoun

    Antonyms:
    brother

  11. sisternoun

    sister publication, sister city, sister projects

    Antonyms:
    brother

  12. sisternoun

    sister ships, sister facility

    Antonyms:
    brother

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. sister, sisnoun

    a female person who has the same parents as another person

    "my sister married a musician"

    Synonyms:
    baby, sister, babe, sis

    Antonyms:
    brother, blood brother

  2. Sisternoun

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

    "the Sisters taught her to love God"

    Synonyms:
    baby, babe, sis

    Antonyms:
    brother, blood brother

  3. sisternoun

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

    "none of her sisters would betray her"

    Synonyms:
    baby, babe, sis

    Antonyms:
    blood brother, brother

  4. baby, babe, sisternoun

    (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

    Synonyms:
    baby, infant, sis, child, babe, sister

    Antonyms:
    brother, blood brother

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sisternoun

    Associated words:
    sororicide, sororize, sorosis, sororal

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "sister":

    sisterly, sisters, mate, nun, sis, brotherly, fraternal, brother, herman, brothers, soeurs

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How to use Sister in a sentence?

  1. Robin Hood 702:

    A family member opened the DVD thinking it was a video of her sister’s newborn baby, then she watched it and freaked out. She had nightmares for years.

  2. Mikaela Shiffrin:

    Pretty hard to comprehend, my brother and sister-in-law are here. I did n’t know they were coming so that makes it so much special.

  3. Bornaldo Waimiri:

    I lost my father, my mother, my sister and my brother.

  4. Dorothy James:

    From an early age, I used to tell imaginative stories to my younger brother and sister. I lived in the world of the imagination, and I did something that other writers have told me they did as children: I described myself inwardly in the third person, i don't know whether this is significant, but I think writing was what I wanted to do -- almost as soon as I knew what a book was.

  5. Janice Stauffer:

    I only have four children and nine grandchildren, it's probably one of the smallest families, brad has eight, Brother Paul has nine and my younger sister Kathy has 13 children and 70 grandchildren, but that's a guesstimate.


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