great-aunt

noun

An aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).

Similar
grandauntgrauntie
Opposite
great-unclegreat-nephewgreat-niece
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Meanings

noungreat-aunt (plural great-aunts)

plural great-aunts · alternative great aunt

  1. An aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).

    Synonyms: grandaunt, grauntie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn aunt of one's parent (i.e. a sister or sister-in-law of one's grandparent).

Similar
grandauntgrauntie

by gender

Opposite
great-uncle

by reciprocal relationship

Opposite
great-nephew
Opposite
great-niece

More synonyms by meaning

nounan aunt of your father or mother

Similar
grandaunt
Broader
auntauntieaunty
Also see
grandaunt

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From great- + aunt.

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Translations

Catalan bestia
  • bestiaaunt of one’s parent
Czech prateta
  • pratetaaunt of one’s parent
Dutch oudtante
  • oudtanteaunt of one’s parent
Esperanto praonklino
  • praonklinoaunt of one’s parent
Finnish isotäti
  • isotätiaunt of one’s parent
French grand-tante, grand’tante
  • grand-tanteaunt of one’s parent
  • grand’tanteaunt of one’s parent
German Großtante, Großmuhme
  • Großtanteaunt of one’s parent
  • Großmuhmeaunt of one’s parent
  • Grossmuhmeaunt of one’s parent
Irish sean-aintín
  • sean-aintínaunt of one’s parent
Italian prozia
  • proziaaunt of one’s parent
Japanese 大叔母
  • 大叔母 (ōoba)aunt of one’s parent
Latin amita magna
  • amita magnaaunt of one’s parent
Malay nenek saudari
  • nenek saudariaunt of one’s parent
Norwegian Bokmål grandtante, filletante
  • grandtanteaunt of one’s parent
  • filletanteaunt of one’s parent
Polish cioteczna babka, stryjeczna babka
  • cioteczna babkaaunt of one’s parent
  • stryjeczna babkaaunt of one’s parent
Portuguese tia-avó
  • tia-avóaunt of one’s parent
Russian двою́родная ба́бушка
  • двою́родная ба́бушка (dvojúrodnaja bábuška)aunt of one’s parent
Spanish tía-abuela
  • tía-abuelaaunt of one’s parent
Swedish gammelfaster, gammelmoster
  • gammelfasteraunt of one’s parent
  • gammelmosteraunt of one’s parent
  • gammeltantaunt of one’s parent
Ukrainian двою́рідна ба́ба
  • двою́рідна ба́ба (dvojúridna bába)aunt of one’s parent
Welsh hen fodryb, hen anti
  • hen fodrybaunt of one’s parent
  • hen antiaunt of one’s parent
Cite this entry
APA

great-aunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-aunt

MLA

“great-aunt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-aunt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great-aunt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-aunt.

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