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  

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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. Child Age 15:

   Whenever I start getting sad about where I am in my life, I think about the last words of my favorite uncle A truck

2. 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.

3. Zig Ziglar:

   Better to remember goldilocks and three bears story my late uncle taught me that this quote for Doug devos ok

4. Americo Mello:

   Do n’t expect anything that is probably unrealistic — your uncle may still drink too much, your nephews may still fight over the remote. Accept that some things don’t change.

5. Moustafa Hamed:

   Now my whole family is scared to visit my mother, they're scared whatever happened to my uncle would happen to them.