GRANDFATHER Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

grandfather

noun

ˈgran(d)-ˌfä-t͟hər

Definition of grandfather

as in father

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers

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Recent Examples of grandfather Cogitore’s film finds a parallel in a tapestry by Zhenya Machneva depicting the engine of her grandfather’s Renault Kangoo. — Sarah Belmont For Artnews, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Which Lee is true — the grandfather who wants to meet and get to know his granddaughter, or the father who never cared to know his son? — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026 Holding their own are a curious set of chairs from the designer’s grandfather. — Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026 Fox News Digital previously reported on another frightening bison encounter at Yellowstone National Park that left a grandfather seriously injured. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grandfather

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The trip marks the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the two cities since Felipe's father, Juan Carlos I, toured them in 2007.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
For Rukhsar Amrohi, who also calls Kumari Chhoti Ammi, the film is a token of the couple’s love, made by her father out of his love for Kumari.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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The changes would have affected the environments in which life developed and evolved, from the age of the dinosaurs through to some of our oldest primate ancestors.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
In his view, Flagg Mountain’s fire-scarred stumps corroborate what his community already knew—that their ancestors used fire for centuries—and reinforce their sense of responsibility to care for the land.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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