sister

sister is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.
2. noun. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
3. noun. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
4. transitive verb. To be sister to; to resemble closely.
5. noun. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

   Synonyms: babe, baby

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

   "none of her sisters would betray her"

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

   "the Sisters taught her to love God"

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

   "my sister married a musician"

   Synonyms: sis

Synonyms

babe, baby, sis

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sister:

resist, resits, restis, tresis

Common word forms

sisters, sistered, sisterly, sistering, sisterize, sisterless

Words from these letters

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