grandmother

noun

grand·​moth·​er ˈgran(d)-ˌmə-t͟hər 

1

: the mother of one's father or mother

2

: a female ancestor

grandmotherly

ˈgran(d)-ˌmə-t͟hər-lē 

adjective

Examples of grandmother in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At twenty-four, the soprano ability gone, his coffers emptied by heroin and scammers, Lymon, in his addict’s senescence, spoke to a reporter from Ebony magazine; a year later, he would be found dead on his grandmother’s bathroom floor. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

Mister Tiger, a Korean restaurant that opened as an ode to a grandmother’s home cooking, has become a new chef’s culinary coming of age. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

The children's other grandmother, Patrick Clancy's mother, took the stand Tuesday for the defense. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Melyda Corado, 27, was a manager at the Trader Joe’s store in Silver Lake where a man suspected of shooting his grandmother fled following a police pursuit. — City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for grandmother

• another
• godmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother
• brother
• mother
• nother
• other
• smother
• souther

Kids Definition

grandmother

noun

grand·​moth·​er ˈgran(d)-ˌmət͟h-ər 

1

: the mother of one's father or mother

2

: a female ancestor