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

As the two older girls dig through bins and happily run around with their shopping bags, their stepmom peruses the shelves with her 4-year-old, Galya. — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

The entire populace is beholden to Billy’s stepmom, Zoe Macon (Poorna Jagannathan), their resident Manhunter in hiding. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026

Within a few months, my stepmom — his wife of 25 years — started dating again. — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

In the years since, McPartland remarried twice, had two younger sons with no biological tie to their older brother’s dad and has been a stepmom to two teenagers for the last decade. — Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stepmom

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