STEPSISTERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

stepsisters

noun

plural of stepsister

as in sisters

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nonrelatives

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Noun

Hannie was captured, tortured, and murdered by the Nazis in the final months of the war, but never snitched on her sisters.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
William warns Jake about witches getting together and being judgmental, and Jake has a line about how witches work together with their coven sisters, but warlocks deal with their problems on their own.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of sisters

Noun

With the brothers especially, there’s a little bit too much telling us via dialogue, rather than showing us with full scenes.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
But campus police made no arrests, and the district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, initially declined to pursue charges against the seven fraternity brothers.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of brothers

Noun

The queen bee of the group is Paulina (a sensational Denée Benton), who rambles on about her American cousins and her pro-football player boyfriend Kofi, whom no one has actually met.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
And of course there are your cousins, who are black, and your aunt, too.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of cousins

Noun

The participants include people who have been exposed to the disease in this outbreak, among them health workers and patients' relatives.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The participants include people who have been exposed to the disease in this outbreak, among them health workers and patients’ relatives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of relatives

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