sib

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a sibling
brotherHow many brothers does she have?
sisterI'm one of three sisters.
siblingDo you have any siblings?
sibHis celebrity sib was always in the tabloids.
stepbrotherDo you have any stepbrothers?

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Family: relations in general
anti-family
aunt
auntie
baby daddy
baby mama
family man
father
fatherhood
filial
filially
kinship
kinsman
kinswoman
kith and kin
long-lost
relationally
relationship
relative
removed
second cousin

sibling | American Dictionary

sibling
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsɪb·lɪŋ/
a brother or sister:
I have four siblings.

Examples of sibling

sibling
Information requested included ages of child, parents and siblings, and parental occupation and place of residence.
When the younger child wants to join in, the friend tells the older child to exclude the younger sibling from play.
The role of sibling conflict on later school conflict was less straightforward than that of the other predictors.
Simultaneously, their emigration risks increased because younger siblings tended to drive away older siblings.
In other words, no siblings remained when the succession took place.
The term "vertical" refers, of course, to factors transmitted from one generation to the next (in distinction from peer and sibling influences, for example).
A common impairment in the siblings of schizophrenia and bipolar patients was found in verbal learning tests.
Figure 7 answers the question by comparing the influence of sibling position on marriage in our three populations.
The conjugal bond has strengthened, and has weakened the traditionally strong bonds with siblings, parents and other relatives of the extended family.
Family members were defined as first-degree relatives (spouse, parents, children, siblings) of cancer patients.
It is to be noted that the siblings or relatives are taken from the place of origin of the respective factory worker or the spouse.
Most child donors give bone marrow to siblings or parents, and this introduces further complications.
Impact of sibling relationships on social support and morale in the elderly.
The third most frequent visitors were sisters, who visited their elderly siblings almost twice as often as did brothers, female friends and male friends.
Sometimes, however, relationships between potentially adoptive foster parents and infants are disrupted so as to reunite sibling groups.
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