"Do you remember your grandmother's first name?" "No, I just always called her Granny."
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Granny
//ˈɡɹæni//
Synonyms for "granny" (127 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
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5 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
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3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- تيتة noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- تيتة noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- تِيتَة noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- جِدَّة noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Belarusian
3 entries- бабу́ля noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- бабу́ня noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- бабу́ся noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ба́ба noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- ба́бче noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- стари́ца noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
Catalan
1 entries- iaia noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 奶奶 noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- 婆婆 noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
Czech
4 entries- babička noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- babča noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- bábinka noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- stařena noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
Dutch
4 entries- besje noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- bomma noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- oma noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- opoe noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Finnish
3 entries- mummeli noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- mummi noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- mummo noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
French
4 entries- mamie noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- mémé noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- mémé noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- vieille noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
German
4 entries- Alte noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- Großmutti noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- Oma noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- Omi noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Hungarian
3 entries- anyó noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- anyóka noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- nagyi noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Ingrian
1 entries- baabuška noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Irish
2 entries- seanbhean noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- seanchailleach noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
Italian
2 entries- nonna noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- nonnina noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Japanese
2 entries- お婆さん noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- お婆ちゃん noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Korean
1 entries- 할머님 noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Macedonian
2 entries- ба́ба noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- баба noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Marathi
1 entries- आजी noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Norwegian
1 entries- besta noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Polish
4 entries- baba noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- babka noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- babunia noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- babusia noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Portuguese
4 entries- velha noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- vovozinha noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- vovó noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- vó noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Romanian
2 entries- babă noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- mamaie noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Russian
4 entries- ба́ба noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- ба́ба noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- ба́бка noun (colloquial: an elderly woman)
- ба́бушка noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Scots
2 entries- gran noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- grannie noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- báka noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- ба́ка noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Slovak
1 entries- babička noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Slovene
1 entries- bábica noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Spanish
3 entries- abue noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- abuelita noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- yaya noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Turkish
1 entries- nine noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ба́бця noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- бабу́ля noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- бабу́ня noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
- бабу́ся noun (colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
My granny spoke longingly of the halcyon days of her childhood.
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"Granny, what kind of berries are these?" "Black currants." "But why are they red?" "Because they are green."
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When apprentices complained that they got more harassment than training from their employers, Granny said calmly: "Well, time spent in apprenticeship is not like time spent being the master."
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