Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
grandmother
(grand|mother)
Pronunciation:
/ˈgran(d)mʌðə/
noun
the mother of one’s father or mother:
my grandmother is ill
[
as name
]
:
to dearest Grandmother, with love and gratitude
[
as title
]
:
Grandmother Asha
Phrases
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
presume to advise a more experienced person.
Derivatives
grandmotherly
adjective
Search results in the dictionary
grandmother clock
great-grandmother
grandmother's footsteps
More results »
Nearby Words
grandfather
grandfather clause
grandfather clock
grandiflora
grandiloquent
grandiose
grandkid
grandma
grandmama
grandmother
grandmother clock
grandmother's footsteps
grandpa
grandpapa
grandpappy
grandparent
grandsire
grandson
grandstand