Definitions

grandpa

[gran-pah, -paw, grand-, gram-, gram-puh] / ˈgrænˌpɑ, -ˌpɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm pə /

NOUN

grandfather

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ancestor patriarch

STRONG

elder forefather gramps granddad granddaddy pap

WEAK

grandpappy paternal forebear

Example Sentences

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"You were our little grandpa baby," Boudol wrote in a farewell post on Instagram.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

"The world truly lost an icon and I lost my grandpa."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

We’d take grandma and grandpa home, drop the dogs off.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

If you were looking at the outside of my grandpa, you wouldn’t see very much.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls