aunt

Noun

Meaning

The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

An old woman; and old gossip.

A bawd, or a prostitute.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

auntie aunty great-aunt maternal aunt lunt sib sis father mother blood kinsman buddy brother relative connection
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Antonyms

uncle auntie aunty man separate child
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Hypernyms

kinswoman

Hyponyms

great-aunt grandaunt maiden aunt

Related terms

tante

Phrases with the word

Aunt Flow please excuse my dear Aunt Sally if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle if my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt aunt flo and cousin red

Anagrams

tuna Antu tuan

Examples

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness. Jack Kerouac

There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it. Margaret Atwood

The seat received him in a loose and distant kind of way, like an aunt who disapproves of the last fifteen years of your life and will therefore furnish you with a basic sherry, but refuses to catch your eye. Douglas Adams

What you've brought for me, take for your aunt. Persian Proverb

Vodka is the aunt of wine. Russian Proverb

Hunger is not your aunt. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

aunswer aunswerable aunswere Aunt Edna Aunt Emma Aunt Flo