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sibs

sibs is the plural of sib.

Meaning of sib

Noun

sib (plural sibs)

  1. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
  2. A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
    • But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
  3. A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
  4. Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
  5. A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor

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Noun capitalized: SIBs

SIBs

  1. (plural) plural of SIB

Phrases with sibs

Questions about sibs

What is sibs the plural of?
Sibs is the plural of sib.
What part of speech is sibs?
Sibs is a noun.

Words near sibs in the dictionary

  1. Sibrian
  2. Sibrians
  3. sibridge
  4. sibridges
  5. sibrotuzumab
  6. sibs
  7. sibs-in-law
  8. sibset
  9. sibsets
  10. Sibsey
  11. sibship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sibs (page history and authors); SIBs (page history and authors); sib (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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