sibling

Other forms of sibling

plural

siblings·

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 sibling

What does sibling mean?

sibling means "a person's brother or sister".

How many syllables are in sibling?

sibling has 2 syllables: sib-ling. The stress falls on "sib". In IPA it is /ˈsɪblɪŋ/.

What is another word for sibling?

Close synonyms include sib. 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 sibling a common word?

sibling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.