Synonyms of sisters

sisters

noun

plural of sister

1

as in brothers

a female connected with another person by a common parent

She plans to spend her birthday with her twin sister.

Related Words

• brothers
• siblings
• cousins
• relatives
• kinsmen
• stepbrothers
• relations
• stepsisters
• kinswomen
• families
• in-laws
• people
• tribes
• folk
• races
• clans
• houses
• blood
• kinfolks
• lineages
• kinsfolk
• stocks
• kissing cousins
• kindreds
• lines

Dissimilar Words

• nonrelatives

2

as in nuns

a member of a religious community of women

Many of the sisters in the convent participate in community outreach programs.

Related Words

• nuns
• monks
• novices
• abbesses
• priestesses
• friars
• religious
• mother superior
• deaconesses
• anchoresses
• clergywomen
• Reverend Mother
• bishops
• preachers
• conventuals
• deacons
• prioresses
• clerics
• votaries
• oblates
• clericals
• high priestesses
• mendicants
• clergymen
• archbishops
• monastics
• deans
• ecclesiastics
• clergypersons
• missionaries
• divines
• fathers
• prelates
• popes
• cloistresses
• abbots
• reverends
• pastors
• ministers
• presbyters
• dominies
• churchmen
• diocesans
• archpriests
• clerks
• high priests
• abbés
• rectors
• curés
• padres
• vicars
• monsignors
• confessors
• parsons
• chaplains
• shepherds
• sky pilots
• Holy Joes
• missioners
• curates
• revivalists
• evangelists
• missionizers

Dissimilar Words

• lay readers
• laymen
• laypeople
• lectors
• seculars

3

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.

Related Words

• friends
• colleagues
• partners
• peers
• buddies
• associates
• acquaintances
• comrades
• pals
• confidants
• brothers
• chums
• compadres
• musketeers
• intimates
• confidantes
• amigos
• cronies
• familiars
• allies
• alter egos
• cohorts
• sports
• companions
• blood brothers
• supporters
• collaborators
• accomplices
• fellows
• mates
• confederates
• hearties
• benefactors
• abettors
• sympathizers
• pen pals
• hobnobbers
• main men
• well-wishers
• friendlies

Dissimilar Words

• competitors
• opponents
• rivals
• adversaries
• antagonists
• enemies
• foes
• archenemies
• nemeses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sisters

The story centers on Willow and Annika Lim, Chinese Australian sisters who are left their late mother’s casting agency with a catch attached. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

The Titus sisters both work at Black & Veatch and Mantooth works full time at 3 of Cups and the three take turns on weekends. — Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026

The doc’s trailer shows two of four Wiggin sisters looking back on the way their father forced them to form a band, the fallout when the album was dismissed, and the surprising reappraisal of their music in recent decades. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026

But the sisters’ stepmother, who raised them with Katie’s father, hadn’t connected with Kari over that time, either, despite them all still living in Mountain Home. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026

The Kritzer sisters get their height and athletic genes from their parents. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

All four family members — the two women were Siraj’s sisters — were sentenced to life in prison in 2024. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

For Milla Nova, which was founded in 2002 by sisters Zoryana and Iryna Senyshyn as a small atelier in Lviv, the New York store is a major milestone. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Working to help raise her two sisters, Moore became politically active in her teens, and by 1920 was a follower of Marcus Garvey. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026