: a brother or sister considered irrespective of sex
broadly: any plant or animal of a group sharing a degree of genetic relationship corresponding to that of human sibs
3
: a group of persons unilaterally descended from a real or supposed ancestor
Example Sentences
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Noun
The oldest Webster sib is seen hanging with her grandmomager, Kris Jenner, as well as her Auntie Khloé as the women travel via private jet to New York 36 hours before the Most Important Monday in May. Sam Reed, Glamour, 5 May 2022 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019 But the sib just wants to avoid blowing this up and complicating things for the sister. Carolyn Hax, oregonlive.com, 31 July 2019 A few months later, her famous sib Kim Kardashian stepped out in what was basically a transparent shift dress sandwiched between a jacket and briefs. Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 12 May 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English sibb, from sibb kinship; akin to Old High German sippa kinship, family, Latin sodalis comrade, Greek ēthos custom, character, Latin suus one's own — more at suicide
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of sib was before the 12th century