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sibling Synonyms

Another word for sibling

Choosing another word for sibling depends on context, so the synonyms and similar words below are separated across 2 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

A brother or sister; a person who shares at least one biological or adoptive parent with another.

Usage Example

"Growing up as the youngest of four siblings taught her how to negotiate and share from an early age."

Strongest
sib
Strong
brother
sister
Weak
relative
kin

• noun (Context 2)

In computing and linguistics, a node in a hierarchical tree structure that shares the exact same immediate parent node as another node.

Usage Example

"In the document object model, all list items inside the same unordered list are treated as siblings."

Strongest
sister node

Opposites of sibling

The opposite of sibling shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

parent
child
See all opposites of sibling

• Nearby Words

siberian iris
siberian tiger
sibia
sibling
sic
sichuan
sick

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Sibling. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/sibling
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