Your grandfather is the father of your father or mother. You can call your grandfather 'Grandfather'.
His grandfather was a professor.
Synonyms: grandad, grandpa, grandaddy, gramps More Synonyms of grandfather
grandfather in British English
(ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə, ˈɡrænd-)
noun
1.
the father of one's father or mother
2. (often plural)
a male ancestor
3. (often capital)
a familiar term of address for an old man
4. dialect
a caterpillar or woodlouse
grandfather in American English
(ˈgrændˌfɑðər; ˈgrænˌfɑðər)
noun
1.
the father of one's father or mother
also a term of respectful familiarity to any elderly man
2.
a male ancestor; forefather
verb transitive
3. Informal
to exempt (an activity, practice, person, etc.) from a new law or regulation by or as by a grandfather clause (sense 2)
sometimes with in or into
Examples of 'grandfather' in a sentence
grandfather
He was a wonderful father, grandfather and great grandfather and will be greatly missed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I've likened it to looking at your grandfather when your grandmother has just passed away.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A gregarious and outspoken public figure, he was also a devoted grandfather.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The very suggestion of such a relationship would have caused his grandfather great embarrassment.
Benjamin Woolley THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician (2004)
Trying to replace them is like trying to replace the foot from a beautiful old grandfather clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then my grandfather died and my father inherited his money.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My grandfathers and grandmothers served during the second world war.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What do you call a grandfather clock?
The Sun (2013)
His mother and grandfather were exceptionally close.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was founded by her grandfather as the first plank in the family empire.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They were hidden from burglars in the base of the grandfather clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My grandfather has died and my grandmother is now too old to stay there.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Her mother and grandfather are beyond shock.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Behind him an antique grandfather clock slowly ticks away.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The bear is called grandfather by many peoples and the tiger is alluded to as the striped one.
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
She did not want to return to her original school so went to live with her grandfather near another one.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
My grandfather was one of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My grandfather was also an engineer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The 80-year-old great grandfather inspires devotion second to none.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When our parents split, we moved into this trailer with our grandmother and grandfather.
The Sun (2008)
So I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time.
The Sun (2013)
He said: 'My grandfather fought in the war and was wounded three times.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The houses are lovingly patched, a man wears his grandfather's coat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The father of two recalled last year: 'My grandfather was completely obsessed by finding the right formula.
The Sun (2015)
Yet, fuelled by the express desire of his grandfather and mentor, he is determined to play on.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
grandfather
British English: grandfather /ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə/ NOUN
Your grandfather is the father of your father or mother. You can call your grandfather 'Grandfather'.
His grandfather was a professor.
American English: grandfather
Arabic: جَدّ
Brazilian Portuguese: avô
Chinese: 祖父
Croatian: djed
Czech: dědeček
Danish: bedstefar
Dutch: grootvader
European Spanish: abuelo convencional
Finnish: isoisä
French: grand-père
German: Großvater
Greek: παππούς
Italian: nonno
Japanese: 祖父
Korean: 할아버지
Norwegian: bestefar
Polish: dziadek
European Portuguese: avô
Romanian: bunic
Russian: дедушка
Latin American Spanish: abuelo
Swedish: morfar maternal
Thai: ปู่ ตา
Turkish: büyükbaba
Ukrainian: дід
Vietnamese: ông
All related terms of 'grandfather'
grandfather clause
a clause in the constitutions of several Southern states that waived electoral literacy requirements for lineal descendants of people voting before 1867, thus ensuring the franchise for illiterate White people: declared unconstitutional in 1915
grandfather clock
A grandfather clock is an old-fashioned type of clock in a tall wooden case which stands upright on the floor .