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step-parent

step-parent is the alternative form of stepparent.

Meaning of stepparent

Noun

stepparent (plural stepparents)

  1. One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent.
    • The age at which a stepparent entered a child’s life, and whether they lived together and for how long, influences the quality of the relationship, studies show. […] As parents age, “there’s a lot of negotiation and uncertainties,” Dr. Silverstein said. “Who has the right to make decisions for...2024 March 8, Paula Span, “When Elder Care Is All in the Stepfamily”, in The New York Times
    Antonyms:
    stepchild

Forms of step-parent

pluralstep-parents

Questions about step-parent

What is step-parent the alternative form of?
Step-parent is the alternative form of stepparent.

Words near step-parent in the dictionary

  1. step-nephews
  2. step-niece
  3. step-nieces
  4. step-off
  5. step-offs
  6. step-parent
  7. step-parents
  8. step-porn
  9. step-relationship
  10. step-relationships
  11. step-relative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: step-parent (page history and authors); stepparent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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