Library / English Dictionary

AUNT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

Synonyms:

aunt; auntie; aunty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("aunt" is a kind of...):

kinswoman (a female relative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aunt"):

grandaunt; great-aunt (an aunt of your father or mother)

maiden aunt (an unmarried aunt)

Antonym:

uncle (the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I remember her aunt very well, Biddy Henshawe; she married a very wealthy man.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

My aunt Phillips wants you so to get husbands, you can't think.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I do not know, said the Head; but that is my answer, and until the Wicked Witch dies you will not see your uncle and aunt again.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

A child of your aunt or uncle.

(First Cousin, NCI Thesaurus)

Your third house also rules your sister, brother, and cousins, aunts, and uncles, so your focus may be on one of those individuals.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A child of your aunt or uncle or their descendents.

(Cousin, NCI Thesaurus)

This sickened her of America, and she came back to live with a maiden aunt at Pinner, in Middlesex.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An inherited condition marked by the following: (1) one or more first- or second-degree relatives (parent, sibling, child, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, or uncle) with malignant melanoma; (2) many moles, some of which are atypical (asymmetrical, raised, and/or different shades of tan, brown, black, or red) and often of different sizes; and (3) moles that have specific features when examined under a microscope.

(Familial Atypical Mole Melanoma Syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Mr. Chillip laid his head a little more on one side, and looked at my aunt like an amiable bird.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I do not know that her uncle has any claim to her gratitude; his wife certainly had; and it is the warmth of her respect for her aunt's memory which misleads her here.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)