Thesaurus:grandmother
THESAURUS | grandmother |
English
Synonyms
- baba
- 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
- grandmommy
- grandmother
- grandmum
- grandmummy
- Grandmummy
- grannam
- granny
- mamaw
- mamgu (South Wales)
- mammaw
- meemaw
- memaw
- mimi
- nan (Britain, slang)
- nana
- Nana
- nanna
- nanny
- nonna (dialectal)
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.