Phrase Hound found 75 phrases and 34 compound words that contain sister. The most common are listed below. Open sister in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 75
- older sisterUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- younger sisterUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- little sisterSynonym of younger sister: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Brother Sister
- half sisterA female sibling sharing a single parent.
- sister companyA company that shares its parent company with another company.
- big sisterA sibling's older sister.
- sister cityA foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality.
- sister-in-lawA female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- blood sisterA sister by birth.
- milk sisterA female milk sibling.
- sister shipA ship built to the same design and dimensions as another or belongs to the same owners as another.
- Twin Sister
- sister-wifeA woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.
- sister languageA cognate language; a language that is related to another by virtue of descending from a common ancestral language.
- Sister of MercyA member of a worldwide religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland.
- sister acta variety show involving two or more sisters
- weak sisterA person who is cowardly or indecisive.
- baby sisterA younger sister regardless of age.
- sister citiesplural of sister city: A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality.
- sister planeta planet that shares similar physical characteristics, such as size, density and mass, with another planet
- sister republicA European republic established by the forces of the First French Republic (or with French assistance) during the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- sister shipsplural of sister ship: A ship built to the same design and dimensions as another or belongs to the same owners as another.
- soul sisterA fellow African American woman.
- step-sisterAlternative form of stepsister: The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
Compound words 34
- sisterhoodThe state, or kinship of being sisters.
- pegasisterA female fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, typically an adult.
- sistergirlSister, girlfriend (as a familiar term of address between women).
- sistrenplural of sister: A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
- cisterA cisgender woman, especially one that is part of a community that includes trans women.
- godsisterThe daughter or goddaughter of one's godparent, or the goddaughter of one's parent.
- foresisterA feminist of an earlier generation.
- mersisterA sister who is a mermaid.
- sistercestIncestuous relationships between sisters.
- sisterlocksSmall, thin dreadlocks that are woven into the hair using a special tool.