GRANDFATHER Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

grandfather

noun

ˈgran(d)-ˌfä-t͟hər

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 Dani Reiss, chief executive officer of Canada Goose Holdings, took his grandfather’s coat company and turned it into a luxury outerwear force by tightly controlling the brand vision and by making really warm parkas. —

Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 May 2026 Garcia’s mother and grandfather were rushed to the hospital and haven’t been conscious long enough since to be told of Garcia’s fate. —

Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026 His grandfather, Dennis Blank, and his mother, Tracy, are Florida graduates. —

Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026 This new version, adapted by Zoe Kazan, whose grandfather Elia Kazan directed the 1955 film version, will be a little different. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for grandfather

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Noun

Wilson’s father was a Presbyterian minister, and Wilson read the Bible daily.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
The backstory The property was built in 1835 as a private home for Sarah Lydia Robbins Howe, whose father Edward Hutchinson Robbins served as Massachusetts’ sixth lieutenant governor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026