uncle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
Types & categories
- kinsman hypernym
- great-uncle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a source of help and advice and encouragement
he played uncle to lonely students
Types & categories
- benefactor hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | aunt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | avuncular |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kinsman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | great-uncle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | benefactor |