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Synonyms and antonyms of Brothers and sisters in American Thesaurus
Brothers and sisters
brotherhood (noun)
the relationship between brothers
conjoined twin (noun)
one of two people who are physically joined at birth
fraternal twin (noun)
one of a pair of babies from different eggs that a woman gives birth to at the same time. Two babies born from a single egg look exactly like each other and are called identical twins.
half brother (noun)
a brother who has either the same mother or the same father as you
half sister (noun)
a sister who has either the same mother or the same father as you
Siamese twin (noun)
old-fashioned one of two people born with their bodies joined together. This is now considered offensive and it is more polite to say conjoined twin.
sibling rivalry (noun)
competition between brothers and sisters, often for their parents’ attention
sister (noun)
a daughter of your parents. A son of your parents is called your brother
sisterly (adjective)
appropriate for a sister, or typical of a sister
someone’s little brother/sister ()
someone’s younger brother/sister
twin (noun)
one of two children born at the same time to the same mother. Twins of the same sex who look exactly like each other are called identical twins. Twins that are not identical are called fraternal twins