Auntie

Quick meaning: Auntie is a noun meaning (endearing) Diminutive of aunt.

Meaning

(endearing) Diminutive of aunt.

More Meanings

1. (Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
2. (Hong Kong) Female domestic helper.
3. (LGBTQ, slang, US) An elderly gay man.
4. To be or behave like the aunt of.

Example Sentences

More and more children are being "auntied" by women in the community who feel it is their duty as mothers to care for parentless children.

“I am the best auntie of any auntie that has ever auntied,” she'd say, and in doing so reshape herself into the image her community needed to see.

She had had only one unmitigated success in bending the girl to her will over the many years she'd auntied her: She had peeled the dialect right olf Lina's tongue.

In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes.

Word Forms

• aunties
• aunty
• auntying
• auntied

Synonyms for auntie

Depending on context, synonyms include aunt, aunty.

Antonyms for auntie

Common opposites include uncle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aunty, aunt, mama, nana, nanny, queer.

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