Thesaurus:grandfather
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: the father of someone's parent
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- ayle (obsolete)
- elderfather (archaic, dialectal)
- eldfather (archaic, dialectal)
- goodsire (Scotland)
- gramp (colloquial)
- grampa (informal)
- gramps (colloquial, humorous)
- grampop (US, informal)
- gran (rare)
- granda (informal, Northern England, Scotland)
- grandad (informal)
- grandaddy (informal)
- granddad (informal)
- granddaddy (informal)
- grandfather
- grandpa (informal)
- grandpap (informal)
- grandpapa (informal)
- grandpappy (informal)
- Grandpappy (informal)
- grandpaw (US, dialectal)
- grandpop (US, informal)
- grandsire
- granfer (eye dialect)
- granpappy (informal)
- granther (dialectal)
- nonno (among Italian speakers)
- pa (Southern US, dialectal)
- pap (Southern US, dialectal)
- papa (Southern US, dialectal)
- papaw (Southern US, dialectal)
- pappaw (Southern US, dialectal)
- pappy (Southern US, dialectal)
- Pappy (Southern US, dialectal)
- pawpaw (Southern US, dialectal)
- peepaw (Southern US, dialectal)
- pepaw (Southern US, dialectal)
- pop-pop (slang)
- poppy (Southern US, dialectal)
- zayde (Jewish)
Antonyms
[edit]- grandmother [⇒ thesaurus] (with regard to gender)
- grandchild (with regard to ancestry)
- granddaughter (with regard to ancestry)
- grandson (with regard to ancestry)
Hypernyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “166. paternity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “grandfather” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.