STEPBROTHERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

stepbrothers

noun

plural of stepbrother

as in siblings

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Recent Examples of stepbrothers The stepbrothers' parents, Thomas Hudson and Shauntel Hudson, are fighting over custody, and have in court documents referred to the stepbrother -- who is a minor -- as a suspect in Kepner's death. — Doug Lantz, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025

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Noun

The March 2025 law introduced a two-generation limit, cutting out his siblings.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The siblings-in-law addressed comments from Alli McBee suggesting their relationship had been inappropriate.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of siblings

Noun

During the switchover to the new system, the MacLeod brothers worked from substations in different communities along the coast while Varvarikos coordinated from Fort Albany.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
Duke delivers a crushing sequence of blows to claim the championship belt, and both brothers’ dreams come true at once.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

Definition of brothers

Noun

Since its founding in 2014 by Danish sisters Julie and Marie Skall, the brand has worked exclusively with natural fibers.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
The sisters had bought the five-bedroom and four-bathroom pad from Jared Leto in the summer of 2017 and opened it to Architectural Digest in 2019.

— Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of sisters

Noun

His sister ended up marrying an Italian man, and in 2016, Monasterios’ cousins decided to acquire Italian citizenship.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
That’s in stark contrast to their arachnid cousins, spiders, whose females that tend to be violent, attacking and eating the males.

— Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026

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