grandmama
Parent's mom, informally
Grandmama is an old-fashioned or affectionate term for grandmother.
It sounds formal or quaint to modern ears, evoking earlier centuries or aristocratic households: Grandmama always took tea at four o'clock.
The variant grandmamma appears in older texts.
Informal term for grandmother
- cuddleAffectionate close embrace
- hugTight, affectionate clasp
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
nurture · comfort · embrace · fondness · devotion · cherish · adore · doting
Hired child caretaker
Study of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- forebearAncestral family member
- foremotherFemale forebear
matriarch · bloodline · roots · generation · descendant · kinfolk · clan · heirloom
nana
Informal term for grandmother
tenderness · nurture · comfort · embrace · fondness · devotion · cherish · adore · doting · spoiling
nanny
Hired child caretaker
genealogy
Study of family descent
foremother · matriarch · bloodline · roots · generation · descendant · kinfolk · clan · heirloom · immigrant
senior
Higher in rank
- agedAdvanced in years
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
caregiver · visiting · longevity · frailty · memory · dementia · hospice · companionship · mobility · medication
advice
Guidance on decisions
- storiesAccounts or building levels
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
tradition · recipes · remedies · lessons · guidance · patience · values · faith · sayings · handcraft
- Grandparentsgrandpa, grandfather, nana, papa, nanna
grandmamagrandpapa
Grandfather, affectionately
grandfather · granddad · grandpa · granddaddy · gramps
grandmamagranddaughter
Son's or daughter's daughter
grandson · grandchild · great-granddaughter · great-grandson · great-grandchild
- grandma's recipe
- grandma's house
- grandma's cure
- everybody and their grandmaColloquial term for all people
- everyone and their grandmaHyperbolic term for all
- everyone and his grandmaColloquial term for absolutely all