Grandfather
Grandfather noun - A person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent.
Man and grandfather are semantically related In some cases you can use "Man" instead a noun "Grandfather".
Man
Man noun - An adult male human being.
Grandfather and man are semantically related in male human topic. Sometimes you can use "Grandfather" instead a noun "Man".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old grandfather | old man |
| rich | rich grandfather | rich man |
| better | better grandfather | better man |
| dying | dying grandfather | dying man |
| Other adjectives: wise, single, powerful, real, big, great, evil, little, bad, black, lonely, young, new, crazy, angry, broken, mysterious, wealthy, blind, mad, elderly. | ||
Common collocations
| times | grandfather times | man times |
Both words in one sentence
- Garp, Luffy's grandfather and the man who cornered the Pirate King Gold Roger several times throughout his career, and who baffles his men with his disregard for protocol and the rules.
- The movie Osama ends with the main character, a female child, getting married off to a man old enough to be her grandfather or even her great-grandfather.
Source: Old Man Marrying a Child - The movie Osama ends with the main character, a female child, getting married off to a man old enough to be her grandfather or even her grandfather's father.
Source: Marital Rape License
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