stepparent

Noun

Meaning

Stepfather or stepmother.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

father mother blood connection folk parent cousin aunt niece brother-in-law folks mother-in-law adopter uncle sibling
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Antonyms

man child offspring stranger stepfather stepchild
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Hypernyms

parent

Phrases with the word

female stepparent

Examples

In Islamic law, marriage among close blood relations like parents, stepparent, parents in-law, siblings, stepsiblings, the children of siblings, aunts and uncles is prohibited, while first or second cousins may marry. Source: Internet

They take into account of a detailed counting of family structure, not only with two biological parents or stepparent families, but also with types of single-parent families with each other (mother-only, father-only, never-married, and other). Source: Internet

National Council For Adoption, Adoption Factbook, 2000, Table 11 A common example of this is a "stepparent adoption", where the new partner of a parent may legally adopt a child from the parent's previous relationship. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Stepp steppable steppage stepparental stepparenthood stepparenting