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. Jack Daniel:

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

2. Alex Bonapha:

   I am aware of the weakness in the health system which means that the blood transfused into the baby could well not have been the blood that had been donated by his uncle.

3. Roodwiny Exantus:

   He was like, ‘Uncle, did I tell you today I had a bad day at school? A kid hit me in the back of the head, and I have a bad headache,’ he didn’t look good this morning. He vomited. My aunt had to help him in the shower. By 1 p.m. he looked bad, bad, bad.

4. Jodie Sweetin:

   People always asked, ‘Oh my God, wasn’t John Stamos so cute?’ i’ve known John since I was 5. I’ve seen him roll into work in old T-shirts and sweatpants with holes in them, and not looking all that cute. He was always just John to me. I know him too well to think he’s hot. He’s a big dork and I love him. You get to know people so well that you’re like, ‘Oh my God! No, no, no,’ when it comes to that stuff. I know he is good-looking, but I’ve seen some things, and that would be like having a weird crush on your uncle.

5. Michael Steel:

   The problem with using it against Joe Biden is the public has an image of him burned in over decades, goofy old Uncle Joe Biden, the moderate-seeming Democrat from Delaware and Obama's wingman.