grandmother

Other forms of grandmother

plural

grandmothers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grandmother

What does grandmother mean?

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

How many syllables are in grandmother?

grandmother has 3 syllables: grand-mot-her. The stress falls on "grand". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹændˌmʌðɚ/.

What is another word for grandmother?

Close synonyms include grandma, granny, grannie, gran, nan. 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 grandmother a common word?

grandmother is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 grandmother?

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