Thesaurus results for STEPMOTHER

stepmother

noun

Definition of stepmother

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 Reba McEntire, Blackstock’s stepmother, had also previously owned a residence in the area. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 The night before Pierre Damas Bel’s funeral, in early October, his father and stepmother held a wake at their home in Springfield, Ohio. — Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026 Gabrielle Hanson, the victim's stepmother, is believed to have known about the abuse and allegedly did nothing to stop it, the DA said. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Marco Bello / Reuters Standing outside his father's home in Pensacola, Florida, amid the debris and damage left behind by Isaias, one man recounted how the storm took his stepmother's life and severely injured his father. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepmother

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Noun

Sophie, mom Annie and her great-aunt comprised The 3 Suckers — a play on the small side shoots that can stunt the growth of healthy leaves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
That's plain to see, as is the fact that Lindsey Vonn isn't your average champion, author, foundation founder, entrepreneur, investor and dog mom.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mom

Noun

Investigators also found that the bus matron, who had nearly 20 years of experience, made no effort to communicate with the driver or contact the school.

— Doug Williams, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
An extremely unattractive teenage girl who resembled a forty-year-old matron in a women’s prison rather than a young woman fresh on the road to self-discovery approached me.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of matron

Noun

Animal print, of course, has long been a fixture in the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch’s wardrobe.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
Ingunn Rasmussen, the warm, chatty matriarch behind Kitchen on the Edge (and hiking guide Audun's sister), took over the property in October 2001 and now runs it with her son, Håvar Holmen.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of matriarch

Noun

Over the course of the novel, Sofia and Rafa both urge mama to seek support with abuelo, with friends' parents, and even with baba.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Hall’s recipe uses a classic combination of stone-ground grits, milk, water, and salt, but the Nashville native’s cooking technique may be different than the one your mama taught you.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026

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