grandpa Definition
grandpa (gran′pə, -pä′; gram′-, -grand′-; ---pô′)
noun
Informal grandfather
grandpa Usage Examples
Possessives
- chair: Grandpa's Chair: This was the second tale I have ever read of Kane's.
- face: Lucy nearly jumped out of her skin as she remembered her grandpa's face before he went away.
- name: Son of Clinton Hoggarth and my grandpa's name is Vern Hoggarth.
Converse of object
- dote: An artistic effort designed specially for a doting grandpa has place of honor on the wall.
- love: Beloved husband of the late Isabella, dearly loved dad of Ruth and a much loved grandpa of the family.
- tell: He's getting very good in English, ' mother told grandpa over the phone within Sasha's hearing.
Adjective modifier
- loving: Dearest husband of Marcia, dear father of Christopher and Michael, father-in-law of Shirley and Lesley, loving grandpa of Victoria and Marcia.
- great: Perhaps great grandpa had been at a Reading church.
- devoted: Beloved husband of Sheila, loving father of Paul and Sarah, devoted grandpa to Libby, Lucy, Joshua and Oliver.
- dear: Dear dad of Jenny, Geoff and Richard, and a dearest grandpa.
- beloved: The dearly loved husband of the late Sadie, dear father of Diana and Eileen, and a beloved grandpa.
- old: It is only when dear old grandpa is discovered to have given him a block of Bethlehem Steel that he becomes really cheerful.
Browse dictionary entries near grandpa
- ‹ grandniece
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- ‹ grandmotherly
- ‹ grandmother
- ‹ grandmaster
- ‹ grandma
- ‹ grandly
- ‹ grandkid
- ‹ grandioso
- ‹ grandiose
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