Synonyms for Uncle
ˈʌŋ kəlun·cle

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. unclenoun

   an older male African-American person

   Antonyms:
   boy

2. unclenoun

   Antonyms:
   niece, aunt, nephew

3. unclenoun

   Antonyms:
   aunty

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Benefactor
   • Kinsman

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. feter

   yiddish

   Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uncleadjective

   Associated words:
   avuncular

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 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. Shirley Ezel:

   My uncle was very protective of me growing up because I was the only girl in a whole group of boys.

2. Roger McGuinn:

   I think Wilco is going to definitely stand the test of time - no question - and Uncle Tupelo, and the whole No Depression scene, which is now alt-country. I think that's going to be around a long time.

3. Kevin Leung:

   They’re like the cool aunt and uncle.

4. Al Aour:

   I feel guilty, first of all, the situation was difficult, more than you can imagine. How can your nephew be taken from your hand? How can you face your brother or your uncle? What would you tell them?

5. Renato Reyes:

   To stand up to China, we need to develop our economy and our capacity for external defence. We can't do this by hanging on the coat tails of Uncle Sam.