great-aunt

1. 1.

   an aunt of your father or mother

   Synonymsgrandaunt

   Broaderaunt

Questions about great-aunt

What does great-aunt mean?

great-aunt means "an aunt of your father or mother".

How many syllables are in great-aunt?

great-aunt has 3 syllables and divides as gre-a-t-aunt under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for great-aunt?

Close synonyms include grandaunt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.