sister

English Thesaurus

1. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women (noun.person)

hypernym	:	fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman,
definition	:	a young woman (noun.person)

domain usage	:	argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular,
definition	:	a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (noun.communication)

2. a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group (noun.person)

hypernym	:	fellow member, member,
definition	:	one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	beguine,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life (noun.person)

member meronym	:	sorority,
definition	:	a social club for female undergraduates (noun.group)

3. (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	nun,
definition	:	a woman religious (noun.person)

member meronym	:	sisterhood,
definition	:	a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group)

domain category	:	church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church,
definition	:	the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy (noun.group)

4. a female person who has the same parents as another person (noun.person)

hypernym	:	female sibling,
definition	:	a person's sister (noun.person)

hyponym	:	big sister,
definition	:	an older sister (noun.person)

hyponym	:	little sister,
definition	:	a younger sister (noun.person)

hyponym	:	half sister, half-sister, stepsister,
definition	:	a sister who has only one parent in common with you (noun.person)

5. (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person)

derivation	:	sisterhood,
definition	:	a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group)

6. a female person who has the same parents as another person (noun.person)

antonym	:	blood brother, brother,
definition	:	a male with the same parents as someone else (noun.person)

derivation	:	sisterhood, sistership,
definition	:	the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings (noun.linkdef)

derivation	:	sisterlike, sisterly, sororal,
definition	:	like or characteristic of or befitting a sister (adj.all)

7. (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person)

derivation	:	sisterhood,
definition	:	a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group)

8. a female person who has the same parents as another person (noun.person)

antonym	:	blood brother, brother,
definition	:	a male with the same parents as someone else (noun.person)

derivation	:	sisterhood, sistership,
definition	:	the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings (noun.linkdef)

derivation	:	sisterlike, sisterly, sororal,
definition	:	like or characteristic of or befitting a sister (adj.all)