bonus mother
bonus mother is the euphemistic form of stepmother.
Meaning of stepmother
Noun
stepmother (plural stepmothers)
- A person or thing likened to a stereotypical stepmother, having cold, cruel, or ungenerous qualities.
- Synonyms:
- bonus mother
- An animal, typically a bird, who raises the offspring of another animal.
- Synonyms:
- bonus mother
- Synonym of co-mother (“the non-birth mother of a child in a lesbian couple”).
- Synonyms:
- co-mother
- A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease.
- The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idelness.1974, Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal, The Summer Book, Sort Of Books, published 2003, page 115
Synonyms of bonus mother
- bonus mom
- For more synonyms
- synonyms of stepmother
Forms of bonus mother
| plural | bonus mothers |
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Questions about bonus mother
- What is bonus mother the euphemistic form of?
- Bonus mother is the euphemistic form of stepmother.
Words near bonus mother in the dictionary
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