stepmom

noun

step·​mom ˈstep-ˌmäm 

plural stepmoms

: stepmother

Chicken spaghetti casserole: This … creamy noodle dish is one of my absolute favorite things my stepmom makes, and I'd love to make it for you.

—Claire Lower

Examples of stepmom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a town plagued with sudden deaths and missing persons, a troubled eight-year-old girl befriends a boy that lives in the shadows, and her new stepmom learns why things that live in the dark don’t want to be seen. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026

Earle, a University of Miami graduate, is in the prime of her life with zero baggage, and would have to eventually step into the role of stepmom if things progressed. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026

The 20-year-old, who is connected to the Kardashian family through stepmom Kourtney Kardashian, added a special shout-out to the matriarch, 70. —Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025

The remarks came during an emergency custody hearing in an ongoing dispute between Anna's stepmom and her ex-husband, Thomas Hudson. —Michael Ruiz , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stepmom

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come