grandfather

Questions about grandfather

What does grandfather mean?

grandfather means "the father of your father or mother".

How many syllables are in grandfather?

grandfather has 3 syllables: grand-fa-ther. The stress falls on "grand". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹændˌfɑðɚ/.

What is another word for grandfather?

Close synonyms include gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grandfather a common word?

grandfather is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with grandfather?

4 words rhyme with grandfather. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.