aunt
Your cousin's mother
An aunt is the sister of one's parent, or the wife of one's parent's brother (an uncle).
The term extends to women who fill aunt-like roles without biological connection, such as close family friends.
My aunt always sends a card on my birthday.
In some communities, aunt is used as a respectful address for older women generally.
The informal auntie or aunty conveys affection or familiarity.
Male family elder
- nieceSibling's female offspring
- nephewSibling's male offspring
- cousinAunt or uncle's child
- grandmotherMother of a parent
grandfather · mother · father · sibling · grandaunt · in-law · extended family · clan
One who gives guidance
- role modelPerson others emulate
- teacherOne who instructs others
- guideLeader or instruction book
- counselorOne who advises
wisdom · experience · influence · life lessons · storyteller · historian
One providing daily assistance
- confidanteTrusted female friend
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- affectionateShowing warm regard
- lovingFeeling deep affection
protective · guidance · encouragement · consoling · reassuring · warmth · kindness · patience
uncle
Male family elder
grandmother · grandfather · mother · father · sibling · grandaunt · in-law · extended family · clan · kinfolk
advisor
One who gives guidance
- role modelPerson others emulate
- teacherOne who instructs others
- guideLeader or instruction book
counselor · wisdom · experience · influence · life lessons · storyteller · historian
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
- confidanteTrusted female friend
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- affectionateShowing warm regard
loving · protective · guidance · encouragement · consoling · reassuring · warmth · kindness · patience · understanding
tante
Aunt, in French/German
- antiPrefix for opposition
matrilineal
Descended through maternal line
- maternal lineAncestry traced through mothers
patrilineal
Traced through fathers
- paternal lineAncestry through fathers
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, uncle
auntniece
Sibling's female offspring
grandmother · granddaughter · mother · great-aunt · daughter
- great auntParent's parent's sibling
- Aunt May
- dear auntie
- maternal auntFemale sibling of mother
- maiden auntParent's unmarried sister
- Aunt FloEuphemism for menstruation