Sisters

Definition

1. (noun) A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling. “My sister is always driving me crazy.”
2. (noun) 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. (noun) 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. (noun) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
5. (noun) 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. (noun) (sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
7. (noun) A form of address to a woman. “What’s up, sister?”
8. (noun) 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. (noun) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another. “sister city”
10. (noun) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
11. (noun) (usually attributively) Something in the same class. “sister facility”
12. (verb) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it. “I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.”

Word stats

• Sisters contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 7.

Anagrams

• resists

Words you can build

• resists
• resist
• sister
• stress
• rests
• rises
• rites
• sires
• sises
• sites
• sties
• stirs
• tiers
• tires
• tress
• tries
• reis
• rest
• rise
• rite
• sets
• sire
• sirs
• site
• sits
• stir
• tier
• ties
• tire
• est
• ire
• its
• rte
• set
• sir
• sis
• sit
• tie

Word neighbours

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with SIS

• sis
• sisal
• sises
• sissier
• sissies
• sissiest
• sissy
• sister
• sisterhood
• sisterhoods
• sisterly

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Words ending with ERS

• abetters
• abstainers
• abusers
• accusers
• achievers
• adapters
• adders
• adjusters
• administers
• admirers
• adulterers
• adventurers
• advertisers
• advisers
• afterburners
• airliners
• alders
• alters

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