grandma
Your parent's mother
Grandma is an informal word for grandmother—the mother of one's parent.
It's among the most common terms children use for this relationship, along with grandpa for grandfather.
Grandma's coming for Thanksgiving.
The spelling grandma reflects casual pronunciation; the more formal grandmother preserves both syllables.
Informal British elder
Cooking with dry heat
- cookiesSmall sweet baked goods
- kitchenFood preparation room
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- quiltingLayered fabric stitching
knitting · preserves · canning · garden · pie · homestead · roast · stew
Related people together
- elderSenior figure of authority
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- leaderOne who guides others
- householdDomestic unit of residents
clan · matron · head · lineage · generations · ancestry · legacy · keeper
Higher in rank
- gray-hairedHaving silver locks
- silver-hairedHaving gray-white hair
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
- agingGrowing older over time
retired · octogenarian · rocking-chair · spectacles · bifocals · cane · walker · arthritis
Accounts or building levels
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
sayings · lessons · knowledge · insight · traditions · folklore · remedies · recipes
One providing daily assistance
- lovingFeeling deep affection
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- affectionateShowing warm regard
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
gentle · caring · tender · doting · supportive · patient · devoted · kindhearted
gran
Informal British elder
baking
Cooking with dry heat
quilting · knitting · preserves · canning · garden · pie · homestead · roast · stew · needlework
family
Related people together
household · clan · matron · head · lineage · generations · ancestry · legacy · keeper · descendant
senior
Higher in rank
- gray-hairedHaving silver locks
- silver-hairedHaving gray-white hair
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
aging · retired · octogenarian · rocking-chair · spectacles · bifocals · cane · walker · arthritis · knitting
stories
Accounts or building levels
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
guidance · sayings · lessons · knowledge · insight · traditions · folklore · remedies · recipes · history
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
- lovingFeeling deep affection
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- affectionateShowing warm regard
warm · gentle · caring · tender · doting · supportive · patient · devoted · kindhearted · attentive
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, aunt
- Grandparentsgrandfather, papa, gran, nanna, grandad
grandmagrandchild
Offspring's offspring
grandson · granddaughter · grandkid · grandbaby · great-grandchild
- grandma's recipe
- great grandmotherGrandparent's mother
- grandma's house
- grandmother's recipe
- great great grandmothersParents' parents' parents' mothers
- great grandchildThird-generation descendant
grandmother, grandpa, grandparent, grandchild, grandmas, grandmothers, great-grandmother, grandmama, grandmotherly