Synonyms for GRANDFATHER
ˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, ˈgrænd-grand·fa·ther

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1. grandfather, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpanoun

   the father of your father or mother

   Synonyms:
   granddad, grandpa, grandfather, gramps, grandad, granddaddy

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1. • Grandparent

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1. grandfathernoun

   Synonyms:
   grandsire, grandpapa

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1. grandfathernoun

   Synonyms:
   grandsire, patriarch

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1. List of paraphrases for "grandfather":

   grandpa, granddad, grampa, granddaddy, grandad, grandpère, grandpas, grandparent, gramps, great-grandfather, koro, mercan

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1. Osamu Suzuki:

   They're created as requests for those who've lost their grandfather or grandmother, so it's indeed something to bring back memories.

2. Sam Galsworthy:

   I've always felt an emotional connection with Stamford Raffles because Stamford Raffles was my great, great, great, great, great grandfather, when I mentioned this to Nigel Moore [ Raffles' FB director ], I saw his face light up as I hoped it would. But I was blissfully unaware that 2015 would be the centenary of the Raffles Singapore Sling.

3. Rob Shuter:

   With Steven's knowledge of how to tell a story and Steven Spielberg cinematic understanding of how to tell that story, the language that Steven Spielberg speaks, the tools at Steven Spielberg disposal to capture something like the Invasion of Normandy, it was all brand new, so it was all going to be able to happen in a very fresh, very immediate kind of way, it opened up a floodgate of reminisces and understanding and I think a very, very personal connection to it. I can't tell you how many times I have come across somebody who has told me that their Dad or Grandfather never said a word about what they did from 1941-1945 until they saw' Saving Private Ryan.'.

4. Nikos Kazantzakis:

   Maybe you're right, boss. It all depends on the way you look at it. Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandad' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree' and he, bent as he was, turned round and said, 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied, 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss

5. Edward Berthelot/GC Images:

   I went out on call with a sergeant. We got a call of a man outside his house with a rifle that was distraught. We pulled up and did a U-turn past the house and came up short of the house. He told me to sit in the car, which I was gonna do. I wasn’t getting out, he got out. As he got out, another car came screaming up and two young people jumped out screaming. As it turned out, it was their grandfather. This policeman defused the entire situation by just remaining calm.