Synonyms for "grandfatherly" (8 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

ancestralfatherly

Strong matches (2)

maternalmother

Related words (4)

parentparentalpaternalpatriarchal

Related word relations

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5 relation types

coordinate

1 entries

grandmotherly

derived

2 entries

grandfatherlinessungrandfatherly

derived from

1 entries

grandfather

is a

2 entries

avalgrandparental

related to

1 entries

grandfather

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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Dutch

1 entries

• groodvaderlijk adj (in the manner of a grandfather)

Esperanto

1 entries

• ava adj (in the manner of a grandfather)

German

2 entries

• grossväterlich adj (in the manner of a grandfather)
• großväterlich adj (in the manner of a grandfather)

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