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 and divides as gre-a-t-un-cle 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-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.