SIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sis mean? 

• SIS (noun)
  The noun SIS has 1 sense:

1. a female person who has the same parents as another person

  Familiarity information: SIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female person who has the same parents as another person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sis; sister

Context example:

my sister married a musician

Hypernyms ("sis" is a kind of...):

female sibling (a person's sister)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sis"):

big sister (an older sister)

little sister (a younger sister)

half-sister; half sister; stepsister (a sister who has only one parent in common with you)

 Context examples 

"That's all right, sis," he answered jovially.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)