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
My grandfather, my brother, everybody, my sister, my mom.
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Erin Clements, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
On that day, Oppenheimer's grandfather penned a top-secret letter to Secretary of War Henry Stimson as part of his duties on a panel of civilian scientists tasked with writing a report on the future of nuclear weapons.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The fiddle resting on his shoulder belonged to his great, great grandfather and dates to around 1900.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
Photos from Kaela Leone's TikTok video of her sister and grandfather meeting for her wedding.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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Erin Clements, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
On that day, Oppenheimer's grandfather penned a top-secret letter to Secretary of War Henry Stimson as part of his duties on a panel of civilian scientists tasked with writing a report on the future of nuclear weapons.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The fiddle resting on his shoulder belonged to his great, great grandfather and dates to around 1900.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
Photos from Kaela Leone's TikTok video of her sister and grandfather meeting for her wedding.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather
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When his father is killed, Chihiro takes one of the swords for himself and begins methodically hunting the murderers down.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Borja’s mother was a billing clerk, her father an industrial tools salesman.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025
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No offense to landscapes and wildlife painting and portraits of ancestors–Burgess does all of that, too–but here was something different, provocative.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Though the efforts of our ancestors were often met with devastating backlash, the truth remains: this is the blueprint.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Grandfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfather. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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