grandparent

Meanings

Noun

• the parent of someone's parent

Verb

• Synonym of grandfather

Related

Opposite words

• (with regard to ancestry) grandchild

Narrower meaning words

• (by grandparent's gender) grandmother, grandfather
• (by grandparent's and parent's genders) maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

Origin

• From . Compare French grand-parent.