sisters
Meaning of sisters
plural noun
- a woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents.
I had nine brothers and sisters
- a female friend or associate, especially a female fellow member of a trade union or other organization.
textile unions are showing solidarity with their brothers and sisters in the developing world
- a member of a religious order of women.
the sisters announced that there would be a special rosary every morning
Sister Elizabeth, the headmistress of the Convent High School
- a senior female nurse, typically in charge of a ward.
the ward sister needs to be consulted
Sister nodded, glancing at the reports
- denoting an organization or place that bears a relationship to another of common origin or allegiance or mutual association.
Securicor and its sister company Securicor Services
a sister ship
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror .
Information about sisters
- It is a name.
- The singular form of sisters is: sister.
- Languages in which sisters is used:
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Hyphenation of sisters
sis-ters
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- sisters is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sisters synonyms
Meaning a person's sister (often used as a form of address):
Meaning (among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization:
Meaning a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations:
Meaning either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity:
Meaning a partner or companion in business or at work:
Meaning a person with whom one works in a profession or business:
Meaning a member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience:
Meaning a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation:
Meaning a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns:
Meaning a woman who is head of a house of certain orders of nuns:
Meaning a person bound by monastic vows:
Meaning a person who lives in or is a member of a convent:
Meaning a person whose life is devoted primarily to prayer, especially in a monastery or convent:
Meaning (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of certain religious orders of women living communally according to an ecclesiastical rule in the same way as nuns:
Meaning a Vestal Virgin:
Meaning a female anchorite:
Meaning a woman who took religious vows or a vow of chastity:
Anagrams of sisters
Words that rhyme with sisters
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