Meaning & use
grandkids
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“grandkids” is a form of “grandkid”.
Meaning
nounpluralinformal
The children of a person's son or daughter.
Grammar: Plural; for one child say grandkid: I have six grandkids but my sister has one grandkid.
Patterns
- spoil the grandkids
- visit the grandkids
Gran spends every Sunday baking cookies with her grandkids.
They moved closer to the coast so they could see their grandkids more often.
The grandkids ran across the lawn to greet him.
Word forms
| singular | grandkid |
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Common combinations
- spoil the grandkids
- Grandpa loves to spoil the grandkids with ice cream.
- visit the grandkids
- We fly out in May to visit the grandkids.
- babysit the grandkids
- She babysits the grandkids on Fridays.
- spend time with the grandkids
- He retired early to spend more time with the grandkids.
- take the grandkids to
- On Saturday we take the grandkids to the park.
- her youngest grandkid
- Her youngest grandkid just started school.
Synonyms and how they differ
- grandchildren
- Grandchildren is the neutral standard word and suits writing and speech in any setting, whereas grandkids is casual.
- grandsons and granddaughters
- Grandsons and granddaughters is more specific because it names both boys and girls.
- grandbabies
- Grandbabies is even more affectionate and usually refers to very young grandchildren.
Opposites
Word family
- grandkid noun
- one grandchild, informal
- grandchild noun
- the standard singular word
- grandson noun
- a male grandchild
- granddaughter noun
- a female grandchild
- grandparent noun
- the parent of a parent
Commonly confused: grandkids or great-grandkids?
grandkids vs great-grandkids
Great-grandkids are the grandchildren of your own children's children, one generation further down than grandkids.
Practice
Gran spends every Sunday baking cookies with her ___.
Choose one answer.
Grandkids are a grandparent's grandchildren. Grandparents are Gran's own parents' generation, and ancestors and in-laws do not fit the picture of baking with a gran.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “grandkids”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.