granddad

noun

grand·​dad ˈgran-ˌdad 

variants or grandad

: grandfather sense 1a

Examples of granddad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My dad and my granddad basically only worked with the Sioux and the Apaches. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026

Lock’s father and granddad were Tigers, and that 3-year-old toddler became a 16-year-old following the same tradition on game days, still parking in the same spot outside Faurot Field. — Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Where genius creator and grumpy granddad Rick might take collective hivemind Unity as a lover on a faraway planet, President Curtis is more likely to be found hunting the Loch Ness Monster or the Hodag on Earth, or travelling to the moon. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for granddad

• comrade
• dryad
• dyad
• forbad
• grandad
• keypad
• nomad
• notepad
• postgrad
• sinbad
• tetrad
• triad