stepmom

noun

step·​mom ˈstep-ˌmäm 

plural stepmoms

: stepmother

Chicken spaghetti casserole: This … creamy noodle dish is one of my absolute favorite things my stepmom makes, and I'd love to make it for you.

—Claire Lower

Examples of stepmom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Food Network star married her husband, Stuart Claxton, in October 2021, and became a stepmom to his son, Javier. —Caroline Blair, People.com, 17 June 2025

But that’s too sordid a story for Chloe’s public image, so she’s portrayed herself simply as the stepmom who stepped up. —Nina Metz Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025

The girl’s 47-year-old stepmom is charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle, Shelby County court records show. —Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025

Vera, or Faith’s titular protagonist is struggling to make friends at school and worried that her Russian immigrant dad and her WASP-y stepmom are hurtling towards divorce. —Shannon Carlin, Time, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stepmom

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come