sib

Other forms of sib

plural

sibs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sib

What does sib mean?

sib means "a person's brother or sister". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sib?

sib has 1 syllable: sib. In IPA it is /ˈsɪb/.

What is another word for sib?

Close synonyms include sibling, blood relation, blood relative, cognate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sib a common word?

sib is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.