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 His grandfather, Nicolas B. Mangione, was a real estate developer who also owned country clubs in Maryland, nursing homes and the radio station WCBM-AM, according to his 2008 obituary in The Baltimore Sun. —

Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024 The legislature advanced a bill that would prohibit parents in the future from citing religious beliefs as a reason not to vaccinate their school-age children but agreed to grandfather in all children in public and private schools who had held religious exemptions from vaccination. —

Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024 Forced to flee their native Nicaragua, GORDO’s grandfather, a pilot, took a daring leap into the unknown. —

Mandeep Rai, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 The carvings displayed were made by my then husband’s grandfather. —

Camille Freestone, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grandfather