granddad

[gran-dad]

noun

Informal.

1. grandfather.

Word History and Origins

Origin of granddad¹

First recorded in 1810–20; grand- + dad ¹

Example Sentences

Growing up, Liv knew her granddad and multiple siblings had lost their lives early to dementia before she was born, and she was a teenager when she started noticing her mum's out-of-character behaviour.

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“Someone will see it and say, ‘That’s my granddad’s car’ and smile.

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"It was only when they get cancer in their 40s and 50s, and remember their auntie had cancer, and their granddad."

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"My granddad was a train driver," she tells me, adding: "I'm really proud of what we're intending to do."

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The new album’s closer, “Remember My Name,” is a brass-band love song “from the perspective of my granddad to my grandmother when she had dementia and he was looking after her,” the singer said.

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Related Words

• ancestor 
• grandpa 
• patriarch 

When To Use

What does granddad mean?

Granddad is an informal word for grandfather—the father of a person’s parent.When a father’s child has their own children, that father becomes a granddad.Granddad should be capitalized when it’s used as a proper name, as in Please tell Granddad that I miss him. But granddad does not need to be capitalized when it’s simply used as a way to refer to him, as in Please tell my granddad that I miss him. Example: It doesn’t matter what you call your granddad, as long as you call him.