Definitions for sister
ˈsɪs tərsis·ter

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sister, sis(noun)

   a female person who has the same parents as another person

   "my sister married a musician"

2. Sister(noun)

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

   "the Sisters taught her to love God"

3. sister(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"

4. baby, babe, sister(noun)

   (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sister(Noun)

   a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

   My sister is always driving me crazy.

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

2. sister(Noun)

   a female member of a religious community; a nun.

   Please welcome Sister Smith as she moves from her former congregation to her new congregation.

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

3. sister(Noun)

   a senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

   Native American leader Chief Seattle urged ecological responsibility, referring to Brother Eagle and Sister Sky in his purported 1854 speech.

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

4. sister(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.

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

5. sister(Noun)

   a black woman

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

6. sister(Noun)

   a form of address to a woman

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

7. sister(Noun)

   a woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

8. sister(Noun)

   Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.

   sister publication, sister city, sister projects

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

9. sister(Noun)

   In the same class.

   sister ships, sister facility

   Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

10. sister(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.

    Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

11. Sister(Noun)

    Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.

    My sister is always driving me crazy.

    Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

12. Sister(Noun)

    Formal title for any female member of a religious or fraternal organization. (Compare Miss.)

    Please welcome Sister Smith as she moves from her former congregation to her new congregation.

    Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

13. Sister(Noun)

    An informal title used as part of another moniker:

    Native American leader Chief Seattle urged ecological responsibility, referring to Brother Eagle and Sister Sky in his purported 1854 speech.

    Etymology: From sister, suster, partly from systir and partly from swustor, sweostor; both from swestēr, from swésōr. Cognate with sister, syster, suster, zuster, Schwester, syster, systir, , soror, сестра, sesuo, Albanian vajzë, .

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sister(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

   Etymology: [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. sster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. sster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. 298. Cf. Cousin.]

2. Sister(noun)

   a woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community

   Etymology: [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. sster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. sster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. 298. Cf. Cousin.]

3. Sister(noun)

   one of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits

   Etymology: [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. sster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. sster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. 298. Cf. Cousin.]

4. Sister(verb)

   to be sister to; to resemble closely

   Etymology: [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. sster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. sster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. 298. Cf. Cousin.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sister

   Sister is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in June 1987, through record label SST. The album furthers the band's move away from no wave towards more traditional song structures, while maintaining an aggressively experimental approach. The album was re-issued in 2011 on 180gram purple-marble vinyl. Like their previous records, Sister wasn't very successful at the time but later on in their career it has been heavily praised by critics, Slant Magazine called it "the last great punk album of the Reagan era, and the first great pop album to emerge from the American underground" listing the album at number seventy-two in its list of the best albums of the 1980s. and Pitchfork Media listed Sister as the fourteenth best album of the 1980s.

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sister

   (noun) Woman of the same group; friend; female sibling.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sister' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1442

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sister' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1197

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sister' in Nouns Frequency: #476

Anagrams for sister »

1. resist, resits, risest

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sister in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sister in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sister in a Sentence

1. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn't make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother in law in Syria.

2. Steve Reszka:

   My mom's brother was a full-blown diabetic and he died far too early. My mom's sister also died after having diabetes, i signed up for a trial in part to be altruistic and in part because I wanted to see if the drug they were testing would help me.

3. Ruth Hawkins:

   The original family piano is there, which is probably the most significant thing in the house, johnny’s brother and sister talk about how the family would come in from the fields at night and they would gather around the piano after supper and sing.

4. Diogo Kotscho:

   In terms of communications, Neymar's big problem - and it's one common to other athletes - is his lack of empathy, he is very protected, and the people who speak for him are his dad, his mum, his sister, his girlfriend. Neymar never speaks and when he does it is via social media or in tightly controlled interview situations. Any identification with him is superficial. The priority is getting him to open up and let the public know the real Neymar.

5. Roberta McCain:

   My friends, when I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone, roberta McCain gave us her love of life, her deep interest in the world, her strength and her belief that we're all meant to use our opportunities to make ourselves useful to our country.

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