Thesaurus:grandmother

Thesaurus

grandmother

English

Noun

Sense: the mother of someone's parent

Synonyms

• baba
• babcia (chiefly in Polish contexts)
• babushka (chiefly in Russian contexts)
• babusya (chiefly in Ukrainian contexts)
• beldame (obsolete)
• bubbe (chiefly in Jewish contexts)
• eldermother (dialectal, archaic)
• eldmother (dialectal, archaic)
• gammy
• gram
• gramma
• grammy
• gran
• grandam
• grandma
• grandma'am (archaic)
• grandmamma
• grandmammy
• grandmaw
• grandmom
• grandmomma
• grandmommy
• grandmother
• grandmum
• grandmumma
• grandmummy
• Grandmummy
• grannam
• granny
• granum (obsolete, regional)
• mamaw
• mamgu (South Wales)
• mammaw
• meemaw
• memaw
• mimi
• mommom
• nan (Britain, slang)
• nana
• Nana
• nanna
• nanny
• nonna (dialectal, especially in Italian contexts)
• oma (chiefly in German contexts)
• sitty (chiefly in Arabic contexts)

Antonyms

• grandfather    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• grandparent
• relative    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• maternal grandmother
• paternal grandmother

Further reading

• “166. paternity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “grandmother” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.