great-uncle

1. 1.

   an uncle of your father or mother

   Synonymsgranduncle

   Broaderuncle

Questions about great-uncle

What does great-uncle mean?

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

How many syllables are in great-uncle?

great-uncle has 4 syllables: gre-a-t-un-cle. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for great-uncle?

Close synonyms include granduncle. 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-uncle a common word?

great-uncle 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.