stepsisters

noun

plural of stepsister
as in sisters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsisters
  1. sisters
  2. stepbrothers
  3. siblings
  4. brothers
  5. cousins
  6. relatives
Noun
  • 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
Definition of sisters
Noun
  • The stepbrothers' parents, Thomas Hudson and Shauntel Hudson, are fighting over custody, and have in court documents referred to the stepbrother -- who is a minor -- as a suspect in Kepner's death.
    — Doug Lantz, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Definition of stepbrothers
Noun
  • Or maybe his creepy siblings are in the building also and soon Negan will be in the most terrifying encounter of his life.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • McCarthy can’t ever remember playing a basketball or baseball game without his parents and siblings in the stands.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of siblings
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
  • 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
  • By late adolescence, my relatives’ narrative was on how much agency enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had in shaping their future.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • During that news conference, the room was filled with McCarthy’s relatives.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of relatives
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