Niece Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of NIECE is a daughter of one's brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law. How to use niece in a sentence. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks JoinMWU MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut niece noun SaveWord \ˈnēs \ pluralnieces Definitionofniece :adaughterofone'sbrother,sister,brother-in-law,orsister-in-law ExampleSentences PhrasesContainingniece LearnMoreAboutniece ExamplesofnieceinaSentence Ifhe'smyuncle,thenI'mhisniece. RecentExamplesontheWeb ThenPreacher'spulledawaytogiveanarcherylessontoJulia'sniece,who'sobsessedwithTheHungerGames. — SaraNetzley,EW.com,20July2022 Herniece,BlessingsMcLurain-Gray,diedatthehospital. — ElaineAradillas,PEOPLE.com,19July2022 McGravie,96,diedofheartfailureonJune2whileinhospicecareatNorthwestCommunityHospitalinArlingtonHeights,saidherniece,AnneMcGravie-Wright. — BobGoldsborough,ChicagoTribune,14July2022 LloydhasnocompunctionaboutkidnappingFitzroy’sniece(JuliaButters)asleverage,forinstance. — BillGoodykoontz,TheArizonaRepublic,14July2022 LindeliaVasquezcametoNewJerseyabout20yearsagofromMedellín,Colombia,saidaniece,LinaVasquez,30,whogotacallfromhermotherTuesdaytellinghertoturnonthetelevision. — HurubieMeko,BostonGlobe.com,13July2022 Inthepassengerseatwashisniece,whowasalsokilled. — SarahElSirgany,CNN,8July2022 Thevictim'sniece,KellyVasquez,saysthedogswerebasicallyeatingherunclealive. — EmmettJones,FoxNews,22June2022 TheanswerwasalargerthanlifeAfro,awigthatneededtoserveasapropandfunctiontosittherewhileBobwashidinghisniece,Neveah. — JazzTangcay,Variety,20June2022 SeeMore Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'niece.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. PhrasesContainingniece great-niece great-niece FirstKnownUseofniece 14thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedabove HistoryandEtymologyforniece MiddleEnglishnecegranddaughter,niece,fromAnglo-Frenchnece,niece,fromLateLatinneptia,fromLatinneptis;akintoLatinnepot-,neposgrandson,nephew—moreatnephew LearnMoreAboutniece Shareniece PosttheDefinitionofniecetoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofnieceonTwitter TimeTravelerforniece Thefirstknownuseofniecewas inthe14thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury FromtheEditorsatMerriam-Webster WordsWe'reWatching:'Nibling' WordsWe'reWatching:'Nibling' Anefficientwordforyoursibling'skids DictionaryEntriesNearniece Niebuhr niece nieceless SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforniece LastUpdated 25Jul2022 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Niece.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niece.Accessed30Jul.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforniece niece noun \ˈnēs \ KidsDefinitionofniece :adaughterofaperson'sbrotherorsister MorefromMerriam-Websteronniece Thesaurus:Allsynonymsandantonymsforniece Nglish:TranslationofnieceforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofnieceforArabicSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY ineffable SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary CommonlyConfusedWordsQuiz Iwenttothe______storetobuyabirthdaycard. stationery stationary Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay 'Dunderhead'andOther‘Nicer’WaystoSayStupid Asillustratedbysomeverysmartpups 10WordsfromPlaceNames Bikini,bourbon,andbadmintonwereplacesfirst 'Pride':TheWordThatWentFromVicetoStrength DoyoutakeprideinPride? WhenWereWordsFirstUsed? Lookupanyyeartofindout AsktheEditors Literally Howtouseawordthat(literally)drivessomepe... 'AllIntensivePurposes'or'AllIntentsandPurposes'? We'reintentonclearingitup Layvs.Lie EditorEmilyBrewsterclarifiesthedifference. HotMess "Thepublicisahotmess" WordGames NameThatAnimal:Volume2 Canyoutellameerkatfromawombat? Takethequiz FashionableWords Avocabquizwithpanache Takethequiz SpellIt Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? Takethequiz SpellingBeeQuiz CanyououtdopastwinnersoftheNationalSpelli... Takethequiz