His avuncular mien endears him to small children.
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Avuncular
//əˈvʌŋkjʊlɚ//
Synonyms for "avuncular" (25 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (12)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- благ adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- вуйчов adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- добродушен adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- чичов adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Catalan
1 entries- avuncular adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Czech
2 entries- strýcovský adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- strýčkovský adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Danish
4 entries- faderlig adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- godhjertet adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- onkelaktig adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- venlig adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
Dutch
4 entries- vaderlijk adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- verdraagzaam adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- vriendelijk adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- welwillend adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
Esperanto
2 entries- onkla adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- onklina adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Estonian
2 entries- onu adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- onulik adj (in the manner of an uncle)
French
2 entries- avunculaire adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- gentil adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
German
4 entries- großväterlich adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- onkelhaft adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- väterlich adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- wohlwollend adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
Irish
1 entries- muinteartha adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- faderlig adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- fordragelig adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- onkelaktig adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- vennlig adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
Polish
2 entries- dobroduszny adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- ojcowski adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Russian
2 entries- доброду́шный adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- дя́дин adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- avunkularni adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- dobrodušan adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- ujački adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Spanish
1 entries- avuncular adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Swedish
1 entries- farbroderlig adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Tibetan
3 entries- ཞང་ཉེའི adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- ཞང་པོའི adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- ཨ་ཞང་གི adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Turkish
4 entries- amcacıl adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- amcavari adj (in the manner of an uncle)
- babacan adj (kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant)
- emmice adj (in the manner of an uncle)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Both uncle Frank and uncle Stephen Austen had made it a point of principle to be rigorously unsentimental in the discharge of their avuncular obligations.
Source: wiktionary
In 2021, the Times described you as an “avuncular public intellectual.” How do you feel about that label? [Stephen Fry:] Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure.
Source: wiktionary
A man with such a nice, avuncular personality would not blow up the world.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.