Grandparent is a hypernym of grandmother.
Grandparent is a hyponym of grandmother.
As nouns the difference between grandmother and grandparent
is that grandmother is a mother of someone's parent while grandparent is the parent of someone's parent.
grandmother
Noun
(
en noun)
A mother of someone's parent.
A female ancestor or progenitor.
Synonyms
* (
sense,
mother of someone's parent) baba (
loanword from Eastern Europe), gammy, gram, gramma, gran, grandma, grandmom, granny, eldmother/eldermother, mimi, nan (
British slang), nanna, nanny, Mamaw
Antonyms
* (with regard to gender) grandfather
* (with regard to ancestry) granddaughter, grandson, grandchild
Hyponyms
* (l)
* (l)
Hypernyms
* (l)
Derived terms
* (l)
Related terms
* (l)
grandparent
Noun
(
en noun)
the parent of someone's parent
Hyponyms
* (by grandparent's gender ) grandmother, grandfather
* (by parent's gender ) maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather
Antonyms
* (with regard to ancestry ) grandchild
Derived terms
* great grandparent
* great great grandparent
See also
* mother
* father
