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 WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. sister, sisnoun

   a female person who has the same parents as another person

   "my sister married a musician"

   Synonyms:
   baby, 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

   Antonyms:
   brother, blood brother

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic
   • Member
   • Nun

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sisternoun

   Associated words:
   sororicide, sororize, sorosis, sororal

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "sister":

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

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1. Carrie Goldman:

   They don't share the same genes, but they can share the love of 'Star Wars,' when she was 5, Katie connected to the idea of Leia as someone who was also adopted and identified with her. And when we found her birth brother and sister and introduced her to them, to her it felt like when Luke and Leia are reunited.

2. Whitney Heard Henriquez:

   He comes up behind me, strikes me in the back. I hear Amber shout don't hit my f ****** sister. She smacks him, lands one, by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other.

3. Gao Wei:

   I'm very angry and concerned for my sister.

4. Tracey Lomax:

   After it was over, I made a statement to the press that from now on, I would celebrate how my sister lived and not how she died. That’s a chapter closed, but no one else in my family has received closure. They still get angry … my brothers didn’t attend the trial.

5. Samantha Grant -LRB- left -RRB-:

   I chose the title because I was more making a mockery of tabloids who, at one point, called my sister ‘Princess Pushy,’ the opposite is true. And so I thought, you know, to make fun of that and illustrate that she really is not, I'm going to choose that title and run with it.