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Synonyms for UNCLE
ˈʌŋ kəlun·cle

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Wiktionary2.7 / 3 votes

  1. unclenoun

    an older male African-American person

    Antonyms:
    boy

  2. unclenoun

    Antonyms:
    niece, aunt, nephew

  3. unclenoun

    Antonyms:
    aunty

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. unclenoun

    the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

    Antonyms:
    aunt, auntie, aunty

  2. unclenoun

    a source of help and advice and encouragement

    "he played uncle to lonely students"

    Antonyms:
    auntie, aunty, aunt

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  1. feter

    yiddish

    Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2020  

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  1. uncleadjective

    Associated words:
    avuncular

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "uncle":

    oncle, -uncle, tonton, zio, uncles

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How to use UNCLE in a sentence?

  1. Mia Paz in jail:

    I had so much fear, I didn’t know how to manage it, and I lashed out. I ran from police until my first charge was for resisting arrest at age 15, i was arrested again at age 16. The police officer he sat on my back and he lashed my feet to my hands. What that policeman did, it felt not much different from what my uncle did. I could speak about the police, but I couldn't talk about my uncle, the fear was deep inside.

  2. Tejubi Uru eu Wau Wau:

    We were sad ; we try to take care of everything, only a week had gone by after my uncle passed, my grandfather went into the forest to sing for his death and he found new invaders, two White people hunting. They don't respect us.

  3. Jack Daniel:

    We continue to be thoughtful regarding other ways to honor the story of Uncle Nearest.

  4. Paolo Guerrero:

    I was only three or four years old when my uncle died but I can remember my mother’s cries, she was listening to music, she was ironing I think, and she cried out, because they were talking about a plane crash, a tragedy in which all the Alianza Lima players had been killed.

  5. Steve Wilson:

    Lisa Wilson grandmother went to the hospital, was tested, and had Covid and pneumonia, first Lisa Wilsons uncle died, then Lisa Wilson grandmother died and the day after Lisa Wilson grandmother death, my cousin died.


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