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grandam

1 9.9

An old-fashioned word for a grandmother

noun
/ˈɡrændəm/

Archaic

: abuela

She felt a warm glow of nostalgia as she remembered her grandam's delicious apple pie.

Examples

Every Sunday, the family visited their grandam for tea and sandwiches.
Clark braced himself for a dressing down; no doubt this grandam had put two and two together and made the usual p111 error in that kind of nasty, half-cocked addition.

Fiction book (1995)
These flaws and starts (importers to true fear) would well become a woman's story at a winter's fire, authorized by her grandam.

Fiction book (2002)
My grandam always told stories about her childhood during the war.

Synonyms

grandmother

vsgrandam

∞ 1.0

A mother of one of your parents

is old-fashioned or literary rather than neutral modern usage

grandma

vsgrandam

Informal

468 1.0

A woman who is the mother of your father or mother

is an old-fashioned or literary word rather than a common informal name

nana

vsgrandam

Informal

173 7.9

A friendly name used for your grandmother

is instead an old-fashioned or literary term rather than casual speech

granny

vsgrandam

Informal

47 1.0

An older woman who is your grandmother or a friendly older family member

is specifically an old-fashioned literary label rather than familiar speech

gran

vsgrandam

38 5.3

A woman who is the mother of your mother or father

is a literary old-fashioned alternative rather than a short informal form

grandmama

vsgrandam

Archaic

20 5.0

A loving old-fashioned word for the mother of your parent

is the specifically literary or old-fashioned variant rather than the kindly style

abuela

vsgrandam

19 9.1

A personal name used for a grandmother or a respected older woman

is instead an old-fashioned English literary label not a Spanish name

nan

vsgrandam

Baby Talk

5 9.1

A child's word for grandmother used in Britain

is the literary old-fashioned English term rather than a British child name

grandmamma

vsgrandam

Archaic

4 8.1

An old-fashioned, loving name for a child's grandmother

is an older literary form rather than a common affectionate word

grandmom

vsgrandam

Informal

4 2.0

The mother of your mother or father

is more literary and old-fashioned than the everyday affectionate variant

gramma

vsgrandam

Informal

3 7.2

A friendly name family members use for a grandmother

is the older literary expression rather than a warm informal name

abuelita

vsgrandam

Informal

1 9.7

A loving name for an older woman used like a grandmother

is an English old-fashioned literary term rather than a Spanish diminutive

grannie

vsgrandam

1 1.0

An older woman who is the mother of one of your parents

is a literary old-fashioned term rather than a casual childlike form

grandmammy

vsgrandam

Informal

1 8.7

An older woman who is the mother of your parent

is the older literary form rather than a familiar affectionate name

Grammy

vsgrandam

Informal

1 2.9

A friendly name family members use for a grandmother

is a formal old-fashioned choice rather than a playful affectionate name

grand-mère

vsgrandam

7.9

A grandmother who is called by the French word

is the English old-fashioned literary expression rather than a foreign term

Oma

vsgrandam

9.0

A grandmother in families with German or Dutch background

is the English old-fashioned literary word rather than a heritage family term

Surface Forms

grandam singular

grandams plural

Etymology

Grandam is an old-fashioned word for grandmother. It comes from grand ('big' or 'important') plus an old word for a woman, so it literally means an older female relative and therefore means 'grandmother'.