sister
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a female person who has the same parents as another person
my sister married a musician
Types & categories
- female sibling hypernym
- big sister hyponym
- little sister hyponym
- half sister hyponym
Related & opposite
- blood brother antonym
- sisterhood derivation
- sisterly derivation
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- sorority member holonym
Sense 3 noun
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
Types & categories
- miss hypernym
Related & opposite
- jargon domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | blood brother |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sisterhood |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sisterly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | female sibling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | big sister |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | little sister |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | half sister |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | sorority |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | member |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Beguine |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | miss |