Uncle

What do we mean by uncle?

The brother of one's mother or father. noun

The husband of a sibling of one's mother or father. noun

Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children. noun

A kindly counselor. noun

A pawnbroker. noun

Uncle Sam. noun

(cry/say) To indicate a willingness to give up a fight or surrender. idiom

The brother of one's father or mother; also, the husband of one's aunt: correlative to aunt. noun

A familiar title of address to an old man: used especially in the southern United States as a kindly title for a worthy old negro: as, “Uncle Tom's Cabin”; correlative to aunt or aunty in similar use. noun

A pawnbroker: so called in humorous allusion to the financial favors often expected and sometimes received from rich uncles. noun

A termination of some diminutive words of Latin origin, as homuncle (also homuncule), oratiuncle, etc. noun

The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship. noun

A pawnbroker. noun

An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro.” noun

A pawnbroker. noun

A humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. noun

A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent. noun

A companion to your (usually unmarried) mother. noun

A source of advice, encouragement, or help. noun

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

The male cousin of one’s parent.

A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.

A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

A pawnbroker.

An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

An older male African-American person.

Words that are spelled similarly to uncle:
uncle, ancle, unce, nuncle, incle, unclue, oncle, unkle, unche, uncl, uccle, buncle, unle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word uncle:
remus, tupelo, scrooge, aunt, cabin, cousins, nephew, cousin, paternal, niece, grandfather, sam, maternal, regent, baronet, heir, throne, duke, earl, inherited, baron, brother, cardinal, elder, marry, ibn, prince, emperor, albert, sir, fred, muhammad, father, henry, wang, khan, archbishop, nicholas, educated, tom, count, younger, ben, painter.

Words that rhyme with uncle:
crinkle, crunkle, truncal, runkle, tincal, nuncle, tinchel, granduncle, dunkle, dunkel, kunkel, kunkle, runkel, gunkel, dunckel, hunkele, runckel, trunk hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe uncle:
great, maternal, dear, old, paternal, rich, good, poor, favorite, late, grand, affectionate, wicked, wealthy, beloved, dutch, dead, famous, deceased, mine, eldest, worthy, aged, elderly, dearest, youngest, favourite, illustrious, royal, younger, distant, benevolent, cruel, elder, venerable, generous, noble, step, childless, kindly, eccentric, sick, fair, respected, fourth, wise, distinguished, lost, oldest, half, indulgent, crazy, evil, blind, senior, honoured, revered, yer, imperial, fond, drunken, stern, unmarried, unfortunate, proud, hearted, ambitious, miserly, fat, tall, unknown, celebrated, friendly, jolly, kind.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective uncle:
abe, bill, arthur, piper, waldemar, rico, ned, peter, hilary, bashir, myers, victor, jasper, gloucester, ayu, hyena, tales, cesar, pie, chris, will, nat, khattar, fletcher, paul, hank, eck, cabin, ike, chinaman, snake, mark, moses, atticus, rain, remus, king, groans.

Consonant match to uncle:
ankle, ancle, hank hill.

Words that sound like uncle:
uncle, unkle, uncl, inkle, incle, enkel, uncal, ncl, ankle, ancle, oncle, onkel, uncles, uncool, acle, ingle, uncoil, engle, dunkel, dunkle, kunkle, runkle, kunkel, gunkel, dunckel, runkel, engl, buncle, nuncle, ingel, ungual, angle, angl, unking, ongle, anchal, akel, achill, jungle, wrinkle, tinkle, winkle, inca, bungle, fungal, icle, ickle, engel, uncurl, finkle, inka, mungle, hinkle, dinkle, winkel, finkel, angelle, nka, akil, henkel, dinkel, eckel, shinkle, -ical, kinkle, hinkel, henkle, kinkel, eccle, schenkel, unca, ekl, schinkel, funchal, ecal, eckl, tincal, ekel, incult, fencl, pungle, fenchel, ankles, ical, anka, anca, cankle, eichel, aichele, acal, eakle, icl, hankel, conkle, ankled, iccle, fankle, eikel, heinkel, ecol.