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adoptive sibling

adoptive sibling noun: a person who is not one's biological sibling, but was legally and socially raised as if they were.

Noun

adoptive sibling (plural adoptive siblings)

  1. A person who is not one's biological sibling, but was legally and socially raised as if they were.

Forms of adoptive sibling

pluraladoptive siblings

Questions about adoptive sibling

What does adoptive sibling mean?
Adoptive sibling means a person who is not one's biological sibling, but was legally and socially raised as if they were.
What part of speech is adoptive sibling?
Adoptive sibling is a noun.
What is the plural of adoptive sibling?
The plural of adoptive sibling is adoptive siblings.

Words near adoptive sibling in the dictionary

  1. adoptive fathers
  2. adoptive mother
  3. adoptive mothers
  4. adoptive parent
  5. adoptive parents
  6. adoptive sibling
  7. adoptive siblings
  8. adoptively
  9. adoptor
  10. adoptors
  11. adopts

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