SIBLING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

sibling

noun

Definition of sibling next

as in sister

a person connected with another by a common parent I asked her if she had any siblings.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonrelative

Examples of sibling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hussam Abu Ajwa Tala was the middle child and, for most of her life, the only girl in the family, wedged between two brothers, until her youngest sibling, a sister, was born about a year ago. —

Aya Batrawy, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024 Less than a month after celebrating his 18th birthday, Gainer was pronounced dead at an area hospital, Norton said, leaving his parents and siblings behind to contend with a future without him. —

Amanda Musa, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024 Meanwhile, Lyonne’s Rachel is a deer caught in the headlights, overwhelmed by both the situation and her siblings’ contrasting personalities. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024 My grief process was different [from] my siblings’ grief process, and then to be attacked and judged on top of that. —

Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sibling

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