grandmother
Parent's maternal parent
A grandmother is the mother of one's parent—either father's mother or mother's mother.
The word often carries associations of nurturing, wisdom, and family tradition: My grandmother taught me to bake.
Informal variants include grandma, granny, nana, and nanna.
To teach your grandmother to suck eggs is to presumptuously offer advice to someone more experienced.
Female family leader
- elderSenior figure of authority
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
- dowagerTitled widow of nobility
- nanaInformal term for grandmother
abuela · nonna · babushka · popo · grande dame · wise woman · respected elder · inheritance
matriarch
Female family leader
nana · abuela · nonna · babushka · popo · grande dame · wise woman · respected elder · inheritance · legacy
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- familyfather, parents, siblings, parent, son
- family membersfather, sister, brother, son, daughter
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- relativesfather, sister, brother, aunt, uncle
- Grandparentsgrandpa, grandfather, grandparent, nana, papa
grandmothergranddaughter
Son's or daughter's daughter
grandson · grandchild · great-granddaughter · great-grandson · great-grandchild
- great grandmotherGrandparent's mother
- grandmother's recipe
- great great grandmothersParents' parents' parents' mothers
- paternal grandmotherFather's side matriarch
- maternal grandmotherMother's female parent
- sell one's own grandmotherBetray anyone for profit