SIBLING

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sibling mean? 

• SIBLING (noun)
  The noun SIBLING has 1 sense:

1. a person's brother or sister

  Familiarity information: SIBLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIBLING (noun)

Meaning:

A person's brother or sister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sib; sibling

Hypernyms ("sibling" is a kind of...):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sibling"):

half blood (one of siblings who have only one parent in common)

quad; quadruplet (one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy)

quin; quint; quintuplet (one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy)

triplet (one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)

twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)

Holonyms ("sibling" is a member of...):

family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)