Aunt

Noun

 * 1) a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent
 * 2) (also great-aunt or grandaunt) a person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
 * 3) (usually auntie) a grandmother.
 * 4) an affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

Adjectives for Aunt
thin; sallow; unflagging; gaunt; sophisticated; worldly; ancient; straitlaced; maiden; pious.

Thesaurus
auntie; blood brother; brethren; brother; bub; bubba; bud; buddy; country cousin; cousin; cousin once removed; cousin twice removed; daughter; father; first cousin; foster brother; frater; grandnephew; grandniece; granduncle; great-aunt; great-uncle; half brother; kid brother; mother; nephew; niece; nuncle; nunks; nunky; second cousin; sis; sissy; sister; sister-german; sistern; son; stepbrother; stepsister; unc; uncle; uncs; uterine brother

Etymology
From aunte from  aunte from  ante: from  amita: "father's sister", literally, "beloved one", from amitus, past participle of amare "to love". Displaced native modrie "aunt" (from  mōdriġe "maternal aunt", compare  faþu, faþe "paternal aunt").

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{nt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{nt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{nt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{nt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{nt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/{nt/}}

Antonyms

 * uncle
 * niece, nephew

Hyponyms

 * paternal aunt
 * maternal aunt

Derived terms

 * Auntie
 * auntie, aunty
 * agony aunt
 * big auntie
 * great-aunt
 * grandaunt
 * little auntie
 * mine aunt
 * naunt