STEPSISTERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

stepsisters

noun

plural of stepsister

as in sisters

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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

Ideally, psychiatrists and psychologists take into account interviews with a patient’s teachers and parents—or, in the case of adults, their siblings and friends.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Employees of The Athletic Media Company, its parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible.

— The Athletic, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of siblings

Noun

Her brothers, Hadi and Fazlollah, are just two of many political prisoners whom the Islamic Republic of Iran gave the death sentence.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The brothers’ previous films included 2021’s Camp Confidential, about European Jews who found asylum in America after fleeing Nazi Europe, enlisted in the Army, and interrogated Nazi war criminals at a secret camp.

— Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 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

As El Mayo expanded his power – a fact that put him in the crosshairs of the United States, which offered a $15 million reward for his capture – many close relatives were arrested and extradited to US territory.

— Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
All user data is kept confidential to that individual, though users can opt in to sharing it with others—like older folks who want to share it with their relatives or doctors to keep track of their health together.

— Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of relatives

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