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sibling
[sib-ling]
noun
a brother or sister.
Anthropology.a comember of a sib, a unilateral descent group thought to share kinship through a common ancestor.
adjective
of or relating to a brother or sister.
sibling rivalry.
sibling
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
a person's brother or sister
( as modifier )
sibling rivalry
any fellow member of a sib
Other Word Forms
- half-sibling noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sibling1
Example Sentences
Lundes was about 7 when his dad was sent to prison, and his mom was left to raise him and his siblings in a cold garage in South Los Angeles.
On the same ambulance were two boys suffering from cancer, along with their mothers and two younger siblings.
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy who survived an Israeli air strike in Gaza last month, which killed his father and nine siblings, is being evacuated to Italy for treatment.
He said there was "nothing at this moment that can alleviate the pain that the parents, grandparents, siblings and friends of those murdered are feeling".
"This girl is actually the breadwinner of the family. She's taking all her siblings to school and nobody talks about it as a bad thing any more," he says.
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