grandmother
nounEtymology
From Middle English graundmodre, grauntmoder, granmoder; equivalent to grand- + mother. Compare French grand-mère. Superseded earlier eldmother, eldermother.
- inherited from graundmodre
Definitions
A mother of someone's parent.
- […] man may admit that his grandfathers and grandmothers were mon[keys a]nd monkeyesses if he want^([sic]) to; that is his privilege.
- "It's a nightingale floor," our grandmother told us. "It warns us of thieves in the night."
A female ancestor or progenitor.
In Amazonian shamanism and related contexts, a reverential name for the ayahuasca vine or…
In Amazonian shamanism and related contexts, a reverential name for the ayahuasca vine or brew, symbolizing its role as a wise, guiding spirit.
- "Enter ayahuasca, the mystical grandmother of the psychedelic family, a beacon of profound spiritual experiences"
The neighborhood
- synonymabuela
- synonymbaba
- synonymbabcia
- synonymbabushka
- synonymbabusia
- synonymbabusya /babusia
- synonymbeldame
- synonymbubbe
- synonymeldermother
- synonymeldmother
- synonymgammy
- synonymgram
- antonymgrandfatherantonym(s) of “with regard to gender”
- antonymgranddaughterantonym(s) of “with regard to ancestry”
- antonymgrandsonantonym(s) of “with regard to ancestry”
- antonymgrandchildantonym(s) of “with regard to ancestry”
- neighborgreat-grandfather
- neighborgrandparent
- neighborrelative
- neighbormaternal grandmother
- neighborpaternal grandmother
Derived
coastal grandmother, co-grandmother, don't teach your grandmother how to suck eggs, don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs, don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks, don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep, GILF, god-grandmother, grandmother cell, grandmother clock, grandmotherfucker, grandmotherhood, grandmothering, grandmother-in-law, grandmotherish, grandmotherism, grandmotherless, grandmotherly, grandmother rule, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, great great great grandmother, if my grandmother had balls, she'd be my granddad, if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a streetcar, maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, sell one's own grandmother, stepgrandmother, you kiss your grandmother with that mouth
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for grandmother. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA