Associate and Sibling

Associate

Associate noun - A person frequently seen in the company of another.

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Sibling and associate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sibling" instead a noun "Associate".

Sibling noun - A person's brother or sister.

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Associate and sibling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Associate" instead a noun "Sibling".

female	female associate	female sibling
evil	evil associate	evil sibling
black	black associate	black sibling
young	young associate	young sibling
Other adjectives: new, late, mysterious, different, oldest.

Many a Mary Sue is based on this, inserting a sibling or other close platonic associate for an existing character as an in to pairing them up with the sibling/partner/friend of that character's canon love interest — for example, giving Han Solo a sister and pairing her with Luke.

Source: Sister Ship

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