sibling

4 definitions found

sibling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  sibling \sib"ling\ [sub + -ling.] (s[i^]b"l[i^]ng), n.
     a brother or a sister.
  
     Note: Siblings have at least one parent in common. Those
           related only by a common mother are uterine siblings;
           those related only by a common father are agnate siblings
            or consanguine siblings (a legal term). A
           sibling having both parents in common is a
           sibling-german or a full brother or full sister.
           These modifying terms are more commonly used for the
           more specific uterine brother, uterine sister,
           agnate brother, brother-german, etc.
           [PJC]

  sibling \sib"ling\ (s[i^]b"l[i^]ng), a.
     of or pertaining to a sibling, n.; as, sibling rivalry: the
     common rivalry between siblings.
     [PJC]

sibling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sibling
      n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]

sibling - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "sibling":
     affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, ancestry, avuncular, blood,
     blood relation, blood relative, clansman, closely related, cognate,
     collateral, collateral relative, congeneric, connections,
     consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distaff side,
     distant relation, distantly related, enate, family, flesh,
     flesh and blood, folks, foster, german, germane, kin, kindred,
     kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman,
     kith and kin, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous,
     near relation, next of kin, novercal, of the blood, patrilateral,
     patrilineal, patroclinous, people, posterity, related, relations,
     relatives, sib, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side,
     sword side, tribesman, uterine, uterine kin