Synonyms of grandmothers

grandmothers

noun

plural of grandmother

as in grandfathers

the mother of your father or mother

Related Words

• grandfathers
• matriarchs
• foremothers
• forefathers
• ancestors
• forebears
• forebearers
• ancestresses
• progenitors
• predecessors
• patriarchs
• primogenitors
• grandsires
• antecessors
• antecedents
• sires
• ancestries
• roots

Dissimilar Words

• children
• families
• offspring
• daughters
• issues
• sons
• seed
• stocks
• lineages
• heirs
• successors
• progenies
• descendants
• posterities
• inheritors
• scions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grandmothers

Two of the grandmothers were seated with the couple, while the parents were at the table adjacent to them—equidistant to avoid jealousy and hard feelings. — Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026

McCarthy leads a weekly women’s rucking group in Florida that includes new mothers, single women, mothers with older children and grandmothers. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Both of her grandmothers also spoke during the sentencing hearing. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Therefore, in my mind, homemade desserts were magic only grandmothers were capable of conjuring. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

So kudos to the extras who steal scenes from them in the background, flailing like avant-garde dancers when a vicious mental parasite leaps from grandmothers to joggers to security guards on a quest to find something awful. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

In Arabic, tatreez refers to embroidery in general as well as the specific Palestinian form, which is often a social practice taught through generations by grandmothers and mothers. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

Her mother and grandmothers were weavers, and looms were a staple in the home. — Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026

In the grandstands in Nkowankowa, few people had to be told the importance of grandmothers. — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026