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

The dog-waste donnybrook was similar to another recent clash in Brooklyn that saw a 75-year-old grandmother jumped and beaten for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop. —Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026

The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, grandmother, then 76, looked frail but resolute. —Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

In the 1950s, as a small child, I once was put on a Union Pacific train by a grandmother in Sterling for delivery to my waiting mother in Fort Morgan. —Allen Best, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026

Goodson's family said that he was shot while returning from a dentist appointment and was walking into his grandmother's home with a Subway sandwich in his hand. —Deena Zaru, ABC News, 23 Apr. 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