Grandfather

Noun

 * 1) The father of someone’s parent:
 * 2)  a male forefather

Synonyms

 * granddad, grandad, grandaddy
 * grandsire
 * grandpa, granpa, grandpappy, granpappy, gramps
 * pops

Antonyms

 * grandmother
 * grandson, granddaughter, grandchild

Hyponyms

 * paternal grandfather
 * maternal grandfather

Hypernyms

 * grandparent

Derived terms

 * grandfather clock
 * grandfather clause
 * great grandfather, great-grandfather

Verb

 * 1) To retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organisations.

Thesaurus
Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, grampa, gramps, grandpa, grandsire, graybeard, great-grandfather, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"gr{nd%fA:(r)D@(r)/}}

Etymology 1
grand + father



Etymology 2
From grandfather clause

Noun

 * Afrikaans: oupa
 * Albanian: ,
 * Aleut: latux
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Basque:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: tad-kozh
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Sierra Miwok: páˑpa-
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 爺爺, 爷爷, , 外祖父 ,  外公
 * Min Nan: lai6gong1, ghua7gong1,, , ,
 * Chinook Jargon:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: bedstefar
 * Dutch:, , (in Flanders)
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: tɔgbui
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: პაპა, ბაბუა
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: taita guasu
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: avo, granpatre
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:,  (only about one's own), 外祖父 (maternal, only about one's own)


 * Korean: (harabeoji),  (chinharabeoji) (paternal),  (waeharabeoji) (maternal)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latgalian:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: vectēvs
 * Lithuanian: senelis
 * Macedonian: дедо
 * Malay: nenek lelaki
 * Malayalam: മുത്തച്ഛന്‍ (muthachhan), അപ്പൂപ്പന്‍ (appooppan)
 * Navajo: ,
 * Norwegian:, (mother's father),  (father's father)
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old English:
 * Persian: پدربزرگ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: bunic, tataie , tata mare
 * Russian: ,
 * Santali:
 * Scots: gudesire
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: дед, деда , дека , декица , дедица
 * Roman: ded, deda , deka , dekica , dedica
 * Slovak: dedo, dedko , starý otec
 * Slovene: ,
 * Sotho: ntatemoholo
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: (paternal),  (maternal)
 * Tagalog: lolo, ingkong, lelong, apo, abwelo
 * Taos: tàłułi’ína
 * Telugu: తాతయ్య
 * Thai: ปู่ (paternal), ตา (maternal)
 * Tupinambá: amỹîa (t-, t-)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ông nội,  ông ngoại
 * Volapük: lefat
 * Walloon: grand-popa, tåye
 * West Frisian: pake


 * Danish: forfader
 * Dutch:
 * Greek: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:


 * Romanian: străbunic, strămoș, strămoși, străbun
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: