grandfather's
Your father's father's
Grandfather's is the possessive form of grandfather—one's father's father or mother's father.
It indicates something belonging to or associated with a grandfather: my grandfather's watch, grandfather's house.
The term appears in grandfather's rights, referring to visitation rights sought by grandparents, and in expressions like grandfather's clock, a tall freestanding pendulum clock.
Device displaying time
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- houseResidential building
- farmAgricultural land tract
tools · books · letters · ring · pocket watch · land · estate · workshop
Property received from ancestors
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- storiesAccounts or building levels
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
teachings · values · recipes · name · lessons · sayings · blessing · memory
Of or from father
- maternalOf or like mothers
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
patriarch · elder · descendant · bloodline · forebear · family tree · generation · kinship
Distinct historical period
- youthState of being immature
- day24-hour period
- timeMeasured passage of moments
- generationAge-defined peer group
wartime · childhood · heyday · lifetime · age · century · old days · memories
Provision in agreement
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
exception · protection · status · privilege · preexisting · waiver · allowance
clock
Device displaying time
farm · tools · books · letters · ring · pocket watch · land · estate · workshop · pipe
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- storiesAccounts or building levels
traditions · teachings · values · recipes · name · lessons · sayings · blessing · memory · footsteps
paternal
Of or from father
- maternalOf or like mothers
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
- lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestor · patriarch · elder · descendant · bloodline · forebear · family tree · generation · kinship · progenitor
era
Distinct historical period
generation · wartime · childhood · heyday · lifetime · age · century · old days · memories · past
clause
Provision in agreement
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
entitlement · exception · protection · status · privilege · preexisting · waiver · allowance
- grandfather clockTall freestanding pendulum timekeeper
- great grandfatherMale ancestor, third generation
- grandfather's clockTall floor clock
- grandfather clauseExemption preserving prior status
- grandfathered in
- maternal grandfatherParent of one's mother
grandfather, grandfathers, grandfathered, great-grandfather, grandfathering, great-grandfathers, grandfatherly, grandfatherhood