NOUN | person | sib, sibling | a person's brother or sister |
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person | sib, blood relation, blood relative, cognate | one related by blood or origin |
Sounds | sih'b | |
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Rhymes | ad-lib ... rib: 12 rhymes with ihb... |
Meaning | A person's brother or sister. | |
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Synonym | sibling | |
Member of | family, family unit | primary social group |
Narrower | half blood | One of siblings who have only one parent in common |
quadruplet, quad | One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | |
quintuplet, quint, quin | One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy | |
triplet | One of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy | |
twin | Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy | |
Broader | relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
Spanish | hermana, hermano | |
Catalan | germà |
Meaning | One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another. | |
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Synonyms | blood relation, blood relative, cognate | |
Broader | relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
Spanish | cognado, consanguíneo, parentezco sanguíneo, pariente, pariente sanguíneo | |
Catalan | consanguini |
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