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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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 This season, whether or not the Williams sisters will receive one — either individually for singles, or together for doubles — has been a key storyline. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Another challenge for the Price sisters early in their tenure as owners was taking over as young women in an industry dominated by male founders. — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Another family in the city lost two of three triplet sisters; their parents were later found dead, embracing beneath the rubble. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 Body camera video released by the Atlanta Police Department shows the moment officers found two young sisters believed to have been kidnapped from their mother over the weekend. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 After dropping the first set, the Williams sisters rolled in the second to force a match tiebreak. — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Isla was missing some of the developmental milestones that her sisters had hit at her age. — Brad Quick, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 Salazar leaves behind her mother, father and two younger sisters. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 After Josh Duggar allegedly molested several underage girls, including his sisters, claims that surfaced in 2015, their parents reportedly put locks on the doors. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisters

Noun

The tour then moved into the Curtis brothers' home, where a dining table serves as a central part of the set.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
The number represents about a third of the Connecticut prison population and individually represents mothers, fathers, brothers, sons who have been accused but not found guilty.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 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

Roman said the question will be if the defense focuses on their own psychiatric experts right away, or Clancy's friends and family to humanize her to the jurors.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
More than two dozen friends and family traveled from Ohio and waved a Marietta College flag for each of his plate appearances.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

As was widely reported Monday, the siblings who voted to sell the family’s shares assert that four of the six beneficiaries of the Buss trust were needed for a passing vote.

— Sam Amick, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Not all of the six Buss siblings were in favor of the sale to Walter, and Joey and Jesse were fired from their front-office jobs with the team last November.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of siblings

Noun

The owner of her own law firm, Campione was first elected to the Board of County Commissioners in 2010 and was unanimously selected by her colleagues to serve as Commission Chair in 2018.

— James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Geneticist Shigeki Nakagome of Trinity College Dublin and his colleagues analyzed 13 bone samples previously collected from an archaeological site at Camarones in northern Chile.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

The maps in today’s fantasy epics are distant cousins of the woodcut that illustrated the first edition of Utopia, and which imagined the faraway island.

— Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026
The Midwest Regional Reception Center detains close to 500 fathers, mothers, spouses, cousins and friends on behalf of ICE.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

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