sis

Meaning of sis

noun
  1. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
    My sister is always driving me crazy.
  2. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
    Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
  3. Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
  4. A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
  5. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
    Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
  6. (sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
  7. A form of address to a woman.
    What’s up, sister?
  8. A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
    Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke.
  9. An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
    sister city
  10. A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
  11. (usually attributively) Something in the same class.
    sister facility

Information about sis

Hyphenation of sis

sis

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • sis is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

sis synonyms

Meaning sister:

sister

Meaning :

nun, darling, dear, lady, love, miss, pet, affiliate, affiliated

sis antonyms

Meaning :

brother

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