Synonyms for grandfather
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Grandpa
grandpa informal, grandad informal, gramps informal, grand-daddy
2. Grandsire — A male forefather
grandsire, highfather rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A male forefather.
- n. 2
A father of someone's parent.
Related words
- Word family
- grandfatherism
- Phrases
- grandfather chair grandfather clock grandfather in grandfather's beard
- Is a kind of
- grandparent relative
Forms
- Plural
- grandfathers → grandpas, grandads, grand-daddies, grandsires…
Example sentences
- patriarch Ziri is our family's patriarch.
By length
- 6 letters
- mother2, gramps, grampa
- 7 letters
- grandpa2, grandad2
- 9 letters
- patriarch3, grandsire, grandpapa
- 10 letters
- highfather
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mother2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- grand-père
- Italiano
- nonno
- Deutsch
- Großvater