Grandmother
Grandmother noun - The mother of your father or mother.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Grandmother
Sister and grandmother are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sister" instead a noun "Grandmother".
Nearby Words: grandmotherly, grandmothering
Sister
Sister noun - A female person who has the same parents as another person.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Sister
Grandmother and sister are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grandmother" instead a noun "Sister".
Nearby Words: sisterhood, sisterly
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| beloved | beloved grandmother | beloved sister |
| dear | dear grandmother | dear sister |
| sweet | sweet grandmother | sweet sister |
| loving | loving grandmother | loving sister |
| Other adjectives: old, good, best, long, foster, dying, dead, abusive, actual, real, evil, little, sick, ill, new, crazy, deceased, late, surrogate, said, estranged, adoptive, biological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
-
This is done in the text by using female pronouns and relationships (eg she/her, mother/sister/grandmother) and male titles (lord/sir/etc) for every character.
Source: Gender-Neutral Writing - Trixie's sister and grandmother are based on similar characters in Getting Back on Your Hooves.
Source: Fanfic / Life in Manehattan - The young adult book Daphne's Book features a middle-schooler trying to convince her grandmother and sister that her father, who went MIA during the Vietnam War, is not coming back.
Source: Chekhov M.I.A.
Cite this Source
Sister and Grandmother. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grandmother/sister
Grandmother & Sister. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grandmother/sister>.
Sister or Grandmother. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grandmother/sister.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "grandmother" and "sister" have occurred on timeline