niecenoun [ C ]
uk/niːs/us/niːs/B1 a daughter of your brother or sister, or a daughter of your husband's or wife's brother or sister
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nephew
Examples
- She only sees her niece occasionally, so she showers her with presents when she does.
- We bought our niece an annual subscription to the tennis club.
- My niece was showing me all the tricks that she's learned to do with her new magic set.
- I bought my niece one of those toy dogs on wheels.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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