grandfather | Definition of grandfather

Synonyms and Antonyms of grandfather

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers

Synonyms of grandfather

ancestor, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, primogenitor, progenitor

Words Related to grandfather

antecessor, predecessor [archaic]

ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarch

grandsire [archaic], patriarch, sire [archaic]

ancestry, antecedents, roots

Near Antonyms of grandfather

children, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, stock

daughter, heir, inheritor, scion, son, successor

Antonyms of grandfather

descendant (also descendent)