gramps

Examples

• All

• Gramps's apartment turned into a junkyard after Grandma Mae died when I was ten.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I'll write a long letter to Gramps and Grandma.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Hey, Dad, by the way, Gramps was wrong.

  Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

• And you know how she and Gramps are moving to that retirement community?

  Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)

• I bet l could fix it, Gramps.

  Freerunner (2011)

• Are you all right in there, Gramps?

  Underdog (2007)

• Sure, I'd love to hear all about you and Gramps.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Hey, Gramps, you seen Rosie?

  Doctor Sleep (2019)

• Welcome, Gramps.

  Look Who's Talking (1989)

• Even though Gramps' slippers were gone, she knew the house wouldn't feel so empty anymore.

  Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

G

grandfather

vsgramps

823 1.0

The father of your mother or father

is the informal family word used instead of neutral formal speech

G

grandpa

vsgramps

• Informal

703 1.0

A man who is the father of your mother or father

is equally familiar but varies in regional or family use

G

granddad

vsgramps

• Informal

75 1.0

An older man who is the father of your mother or father

is equally friendly but may sound more casual or clipped

G

granddaddy

vsgramps

• Informal

43 4.3

The father of your mother or father

is similar but often shorter and less playful in sound

P

pappy

vsgramps

• Informal

42 8.1

An informal, loving name for a grandfather

is more widely used across families rather than a specific dialect

G

grampa

vsgramps

• Informal

40 5.0

An older man who is the parent of one of your parents

is similar yet uses a different familiar ending and tone

G

gramp

vsgramps

• Informal

17 8.1

An informal loving name for your grandfather

is the same casual term but with a different final sound

G

grandpappy

vsgramps

• Informal

6 7.7

An older man who is your grandfather or a kind male relative

is more neutral and commonly used in general speech

G

grandpapa

vsgramps

• Informal

6 3.0

A loving name a child uses for their grandfather

is more casual and less formal in everyday use

O

opa

vsgramps

• Informal

5 9.9

A common informal name for grandfather in German and Dutch families

is native informal English rather than a borrowed family name

G

grandpap

vsgramps

• Informal

1 6.7

An old man used as a friendly name for your grandfather or another older man

is more modern and casual rather than old-fashioned in feel

P

poppa

vsgramps

• Informal

7.0

A familiar loving name a child uses for their grandfather

is the more general informal choice used in other families

P

popie

vsgramps

• Slang

9.9

A loving nickname for a child's grandfather or sometimes father

is the stable informal term usually meaning a parent's father

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology