sisterly love
Between female siblings
Sisterly love is affection between sisters, or the kind of caring, supportive bond that sisters ideally share.
It extends to close female friendships that feel like family: There was a sisterly love between the two women who'd grown up on the same block.
The phrase can also describe nonsexual, familial affection: I love him, but it's strictly sisterly love.
- best friendMost trusted companion
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- bondingForming close connections
- heart to heartCandid intimate discussion
- sistaInformal female bond term
girls night · devotion · kindred spirit · affection · empathy · nurture · support · shoulder to cry on · siblings · loyalty · protective instinct · warmth · closeness · sibling dynamics · familial · blood is thicker · reconciliation · chosen family
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- sisters
- Sisters in fictionstepsisters, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, The Color Purple, Cinderella
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, giving
sisterly loveromantic love
Deep amorous attachment
erotic love · carnal desire · eros · passionate love · sexual attraction
sisterly loveindifference
Lack of interest
emotional distance · alienation · detachment · neglect · abandonment
love, sister, sisters, sisterly, sisterhood, sorority, stepsister, half-sister, unsisterly