auntnoun [ C ]
uk/ɑːnt/us/ænt/informal auntie, auntyA2 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?
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- After my aunt died, we arranged for her house to be cleared .
- We're going to visit my aunt and uncle on Sunday .
- She has two rather aged aunts.
- She always behaves badly when her aunts come to visit.
- We used to spend the weekends at my aunt's cottage in the country.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: relations in general
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- birth parent
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- grandchild
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- mom-and-pop
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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