Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
Example: My sister is always driving me crazy.
Synonyms: sis,
Antonyms: brother,
Definition: A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
Example: Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
Synonyms: nun, sistren,
Definition: Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
Definition: A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
Synonyms: charge nurse,
Definition: Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
Example: Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
Definition: (sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
Definition: A form of address to a woman.
Example: What’s up, sister?
Synonyms: darling, dear, lady, love, miss, pet,
Definition: A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
Example: Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke.
Definition: An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
Example: sister city
Synonyms: affiliate, affiliated,
Definition: A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
Definition: (usually attributively) Something in the same class.
Example: sister facility
verb
Definition: To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
Example: I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
Definition: To be sister to; to resemble closely.