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Sibling

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Sibling"

noun

1
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
"None of my siblings are married yet."
2
A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
3
The most closely related species, or one of several most closely species when none can be determined to be more closely related.

🔄 Synonyms of "Sibling"

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Word	Definition
sibnoun	A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sibling"

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Word	Definition
sibnoun	A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
brothernoun	Son of the same parents as another person.
brethrennoun	(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.
parentnoun	(often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
sisterly	In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters.
sisternoun	A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
bronoun	(slang) Brother (a male sibling).
brotherly	Of or characteristic of brothers.
fraternalnoun	Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
brotherhoodnoun	An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
friarnoun	A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
counterpartnoun	Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
peernoun	Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
twinnoun	Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
nestlingnoun	A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.
plymouthnoun	A city, unitary authority, and borough of Devon, England.
brothers	"Brothers" is the 77th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the third episode of the fourth season.
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hermanonoun	—
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