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aunt

[ant, ahnt] / ænt, ɑnt /
NOUN
kinsman
Synonyms
STRONG
agnate blood brother-in-law cognate connection cousin father father-in-law folk folks grandparents in-laws kin kinsperson kinswoman mother mother-in-law nephew niece relation sib sibling sister-in-law stepbrother stepparent stepsister uncle
WEAK
clansperson great-grandparents
NOUN
kinswoman
Synonyms
STRONG
agnate blood brother-in-law cognate connection cousin father father-in-law folk folks grandparents in-laws kin kinsman kinsperson mother mother-in-law nephew niece relation sib sibling sister-in-law stepbrother stepparent stepsister uncle
WEAK
clansperson great-grandparents
NOUN
relative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cousin father folk mother niece sibling uncle
STRONG
agnate blood brother-in-law cognate connection father-in-law folks grandparents in-laws kinsperson mother-in-law nephew relation sib sister-in-law stepbrother stepparent stepsister
WEAK
clansperson great-grandparents
NOUN
woman
Synonyms
STRONGEST
female person
STRONG
daughter girlfriend grandmother matron mother niece wife
WEAK
gal gentlewoman girl lady

Example Sentences

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So my family decided to send me to live with my second aunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Spalding was born in 1850 in Byron, Ill. His widowed mother sent him at age 11 to live with his aunt and uncle in nearby Rockford, where he first played baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Cassidy maintained she had not conned her aunt.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

"They didn't give my aunt adequate pain relief at the end of her life," Jacqueline said.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

With tears welling up in her eyes, my aunt gave me a lunch bucket to take on the train.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney