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
Advertisement My grandfather, President Jimmy Carter, spent his life on this project.
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Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
In an exclusive first teaser for the film (watch below), Cata stands just outside the family home, gazing silently at grandfather Tomeu (played by legendary Spanish actor Lluís Homar (Broken Embraces, Bad Education)).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
That day, my father took a bus ride to visit my grandfather, a high priest in Ijebu Igbo.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
When paramedics responded, June Shaver had a core temperature of about 107 degrees, her grandfather said.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
In an exclusive first teaser for the film (watch below), Cata stands just outside the family home, gazing silently at grandfather Tomeu (played by legendary Spanish actor Lluís Homar (Broken Embraces, Bad Education)).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
That day, my father took a bus ride to visit my grandfather, a high priest in Ijebu Igbo.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
When paramedics responded, June Shaver had a core temperature of about 107 degrees, her grandfather said.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather
Noun
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The Chilean-American actress and singer did not reveal the age of her child or the identity of the father.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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His father taught him that a husband provides, a wife takes care of children.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In Rea Rasmussen's case, the process took 18 months and required building genealogical connections back to ancestors born in the 1780s.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Grandfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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