Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 7 compound words that contain siblings. The most common are listed below. Open siblings in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- full-siblingsplural of full-sibling: A person who shares the same set of biological parents
- half-siblingsplural of half-sibling
- milk siblingsplural of milk sibling: A person who is not one's biological sibling but was nursed by the same woman as oneself.
- step-siblingsplural of step-sibling: The child of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- saviour siblingsplural of saviour sibling: A child, conceived by selected IVF treatment, so as to have compatible tissue that could be used to treat an existing sick sibling
- siblings-in-lawplural of sibling-in-law: A relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- three-quarter siblingsplural of three-quarter sibling: A sibling with whom one shares about 37.5% of one's genes, as opposed to 25% for half-siblings and 50% for full siblings.
- how many siblings do you haveUsed to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.
- blood siblingsplural of blood sibling
- cross-siblingsplural of cross-sibling: An opposite-sex sibling or parallel cousin.
- god-siblingsplural of god-sibling: A child, or fellow godchild, of one's godparent, or a godchild of one's parent: a person with whom one has a sibling relationship that is mediated or created by a godfamily tie rather than blood relation.
- little siblingsplural of little sibling: A younger brother or sister, often used when the sibling is perceived as younger or smaller, even if they are not necessarily children.
- adoptive siblingsplural of adoptive sibling: A person who is not one's biological sibling, but was legally and socially raised as if they were.
- half-siblings-in-lawplural of half-sibling-in-law: The half sibling of one's spouse.
- my siblings in Christplural of my sibling in Christ: Neuter equivalent of my brother in Christ /my sister in Christ (“a (sometimes condescending) term of address, used before a statement which intends to dispel someone's lack of self-awareness”).
- co-siblings-in-lawplural of co-sibling-in-law: One's spouse's sibling's spouse; either of two (or more) people who marry siblings, from the perspective of the other.
Compound words 7
- biosiblingsplural of biosibling: A biological sibling.
- godsiblingsplural of godsibling: A child, or fellow godchild, of one's godparent, or a godchild of one's parent: a person with whom one has a sibling relationship that is mediated or created by a godfamily tie rather than blood relation.
- halfsiblingsplural of halfsibling
- nonsiblingsplural of nonsibling: Any individual that is not a sibling
- pseudosiblingsplural of pseudosibling: One who is not a sibling but has a relationship of that kind.
- siblingshipsplural of siblingship: The role or position of sibling.
- stepsiblingsplural of stepsibling: The child of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.