Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun granny
3 senses of granny
Sense 1
grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna -- (the mother of your father or mother)
=> grandparent -- (a parent of your father or mother)
Sense 2
granny -- (an old woman)
=> old woman -- (a woman who is old)
Sense 3
granny knot, granny -- (a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure)
=> reef knot, flat knot -- (a square knot used in a reef line)