stepfather

Noun

Meaning

The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

father-in-law stepdad co-father papa daddy father dad pater parent pop sire paterfamilias pappy old man hangnail

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Antonyms

mother mother-in-law stepparent stepdame foster mother birth father

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Hypernyms

father figure

Phrases with the word

literal stepfather

Examples

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything. Oliver Hudson

My stepfather said that the amount of treachery in this world is enormous, and that the best we could do was one small noble thing. Daniel Handler

My mother used to go out on her own, and I used to have to keep a look out for my stepfather coming home. Christine Keeler

God is a father, happiness is a stepfather. Yiddish Proverb

The child who gets a stepmother also gets a stepfather. Danish Proverb

When a stepmother moves in, the father becomes a stepfather. Serbian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

stepdaughter stepdown stepfamily stepfather-in-law stepfatherhood stepfatherly