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: gre-a-t-aunt. The stress falls on "gre".

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.

Is great-aunt a common word?

great-aunt is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.