Stepmom

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Stepmother. US, informal

    "Susan Sasse of Chesapeake City, Md., vice president of the International Stepfamily Association, a nonprofit group, said: "What I hear from new stepmoms all the time, especially with older kids, is, 'They just hate me. They don't want to give me a chance. They think I'm taking their dad.'""

Synonyms

All synonyms
stepmotherstepmother

Example

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"Tom's stepmom isn't much older than he is."

Etymology

From step- + mom.

Related phrases

ex-stepmom

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