sister-in-law

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈsɪstɜrɪˌnlɔ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The sister of one's spouse.; The wife of one's brother.; The wife of one's spouse's brother.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: sisters-in-law

Collocations

my sister-in-lawelder sister-in-lawyounger sister-in-lawsister-in-law's husband

Derivatives

in-law

Synonyms

sibling-in-law

Antonyms

brother-in-law

Commonly confused

stepsister
EN: A stepsister is the daughter of one's stepparent from a previous relationship; a sister-in-law is the sister of one's spouse or the wife of one's sibling.
half-sister
EN: A half-sister shares one biological parent with you; a sister-in-law is related only through marriage.

Spelling tips

EN: The plural is 'sisters-in-law' (pluralize the main noun 'sister'), NOT 'sister-in-laws'. This is one of the most common errors with compound nouns.

💬 Examples

  1. My sister-in-law came to visit us last weekend with her children.

  2. My brother introduced me to his new sister-in-law at the family dinner.

  3. She and her sister-in-law get along very well and often go shopping together.