Aunt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The sister of one's father or mother.
  • n. The wife of one's uncle.
  • n. Used as a form of address for an older woman, especially by children.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • n. A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
  • n. A grandmother.
  • n. An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
  • n. An old woman; and old gossip.
  • n. A bawd, or a prostitute.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The sister of one's father or mother; also, in address or familiar use, the wife of one's uncle.
  • n. Formerly used by alumni of Oxford and Cambridge as a title for the “sister university.”
  • n. An old woman; an old gossip.
  • n. A procuress; a loose woman.
  • n. The head so used.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
  • Antonym
    nephew    uncle    niece   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kinswoman   
    Cross Reference
    aunt sally   
    Hyponym
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ant    Brandt    Brant    Grant    Kant    Levant    Quant    ant    brant    cant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    uncle    sister    grandmother    cousin    mistress    niece    parent    doctor    widow    mamma