stepmother

noun

Definition of stepmothernext
as in mom
a woman that your father marries after his marriage to or relationship with your mother has ended

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Recent Examples of stepmother An 18-year-old man with autism was repeatedly beaten and burned by his father and stepmother, resulting in his body being left covered with scars, according to investigators in North Carolina. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026 At a memorial for Jordan on June 20, 2025, his father, Seth Jordan, and his stepmother, Aubrey Fong, displayed a posterboard with smiling photos of the purple-haired young man. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 Sara Nicole Graham's stepmother, Connie Graham, is now charged with first-degree murder, while two of her sons are accused of helping cover up the crime, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepmother
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepmother
  1. mom
  2. matron
  3. matriarch
  4. mama
Noun
  • Chiefs game Swift made headlines when she was photographed sitting next to Kelce's mom, Donna, at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • They were first spotted together as a couple in September 2023, when Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game alongside Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce.
    — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
Definition of mom
Noun
  • Since then, Hills has worked in various hospitals and wards, including spending 10 years as a ward sister and a matron, which are both senior roles for nurses.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • How did a young Upper East Side matron with a small daughter and a dormant career as an art historian get here?
    — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 27 June 2026
Definition of matron
Noun
  • Brown remembered that Sarah Parsley, the octogenarian matriarch of the family, greeted partygoers from a wheelchair, assisted by a Black nurse.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • After high school, the Kelce matriarch became the first person in her family to graduate from college, earning a bachelor’s degree in communications from Ohio University.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Definition of matriarch
Noun
  • My mama strains both the yogurt and the cucumber before mixing everything together.
    — Georgina Hayden, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
  • After making off with a substantial stack of cash from her job to fund a new life with boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin), she gets waylaid by a rainstorm and stops to spend the night at the Bates Motel, run by awkward mama’s boy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Definition of mama

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“Stepmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepmother. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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