aunt
noun [C] /ɑːnt/
/ænt/ (informal auntie, aunty)Definition
A2 the sister of someone's father or mother, or the wife of someone's uncle or aunt: I have an aunt in Australia. This is my Aunt Camille. [as form of address] Do you want some tea, Aunt Alice?Family relations in general
(Definition of aunt noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother noun
- birth parent noun
- black sheep noun
- blood relation noun
- fraternal adjective
- grandchild noun
- granddaughter noun
- grandfather noun
- grandmother noun
- maternal adjective
- matriarch noun
- mother noun (PARENT)
- motherhood noun
- nan noun 1
- sisterhood noun
- son noun
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- working mother/father/parent noun
- your nearest and dearest idiom
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