STEPBROTHER Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

stepbrother

noun

Definition of stepbrother

as in brother

Related Words

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Dissimilar Words

nonrelative

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stepbrother The teen stepbrother accused of killing 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship has been ordered detained pending trial after a federal judge reversed course and found that no release conditions could reasonably protect the community. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 The blended family were pictured smiling at his stepbrother Lennox’s high school graduation in June 2025, as Pia shared in her Instagram Stories. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 June 2026 Or two self-loathing stepbrothers and their toxic, brutally violent codependence? — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 His stepbrother, a former sheriff, was actively employed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepbrother

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepbrother

Noun

In 2023, her younger brother Jansen died unexpectedly of a heart condition at 28.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Her younger brother, actor Jansen Panettiere, died in February 2023 of aortic valve complications at age 28.

— Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of brother

Noun

Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib, who was convicted of overseeing a crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later the civil war.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib for leading the crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later the civil war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cousin

Noun

But anger soon followed, especially after a phone call between Donald Mosser and all her siblings, including the two youngest who were living with an aunt in Savanna, Illinois, after their mother’s passing.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Wright also said that under the slayer statute, the funds would be given to Reiner’s siblings, Romy and Jake.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026