SISTERS Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

sisters

noun

plural of sister

as in brothers

a female connected with another person by a common parent She plans to spend her birthday with her twin sister.

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as in nuns

a member of a religious community of women Many of the sisters in the convent participate in community outreach programs.

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as in friends

a woman with whom one feels a sense of solidarity We started a web site for women entrepreneurs to connect with our sisters around the globe.

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Recent Examples of sisters Our relationships with men as wives, sisters, daughters, is complicated. — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026 Survivors include his daughter, Kami; his son, Matt; his grandsons, Chase and Wyatt; and his sisters, Carole and Colleen. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 The parents named their daughters Emily, Harriet, Alexa, and Catherine, with Alexa being named after Bendall, the doctor who delivered her and her sisters. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 While Auguste and two of Damien’s older sisters, Eugenie and Pauline, were being prepared for religious service by devout Anne-Catherine, Frans wanted Jozef for the farm. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 At the center of the Kim sisters’ career pivots was a love of hospitality and Korean culture. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Today, Justin works as a real estate agent in Montana and lives a more private life than his sisters. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 19 July 2026 The Haim sisters—Este, Danielle, and Alana—have been close with the billionaire pop star for over a decade. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisters

Noun

During the switchover to the new system, the MacLeod brothers worked from substations in different communities along the coast while Varvarikos coordinated from Fort Albany.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
Duke delivers a crushing sequence of blows to claim the championship belt, and both brothers’ dreams come true at once.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

Definition of brothers

Noun

One of the nuns was allegedly killed by a demon appearing as a nun, and the other died by suicide to avoid being possessed by the evil force.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
At some point, a pair of politically active nuns started hanging out at the Nash home, eventually leaving their formal nun habits, cast off as part of their activism, at the house.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025

Definition of nuns

Noun

Tuesday’s story will cover making friends, and Wednesday’s story will focus on parent concerns about your school’s decisions.

— Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
No, friends and filmmakers who have come to visit me over the years, and also people who have inquired about the project.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

Riding the wall, Volkwine shot through a turn and launched several feet into the air above the half-pipe, landing lightly beside his colleagues.

— Noah Daly July 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026
Steve has traveled around the world digging up dinosaurs and, working with many international colleagues, has named more than 15 new species, including the tyrannosaur 'Pinocchio rex' (Qianzhousaurus) and the raptor Zhenyuanlong.

— Big Think, Big Think, 31 July 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

Knappman, who lives in California, coordinated with his sister in Louisiana and a pair of cousins from Maine and North Carolina to purchase a new headstone engraved with Horan’s name and the dates of her birth and death.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Scientists have long proposed that modern Homo sapiens outcompeted their robust cousins through sheer intelligence.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026

Definition of cousins

Noun

Its consumer-facing partners include Regent Seven Seas Cruises, luxury home-rental platform Plum Guide, chauffeur service Blacklane and restaurant operator The Wolseley Hospitality Group.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The full cast of celebrities and their pro dancing partners is expected to be unveiled on Good Morning America September 2.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026

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