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Stepford

Stepford proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Stepford (countable and uncountable, plural Stepfords)

  1. A surname.
  2. A placename
  3. A locality in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX8681).

Adjective

Stepford (not comparable)

  1. Docile, unthinking and conformist.
    • “He called you a boring Stepford wife.”
    • A boring Stepford wife, Molly thought. For a moment it seemed to her that she was once more in prison, eating the tasteless food, hearing the click of locks, lying awake for sleepless night after sleepless night.1999, Mary Higgins Clark, We'll Meet Again, page 131
  2. Attractive but lacking any character.
    • The woman seated behind the table looked up at him, smiling a Stepford smile. "Would you like to buy a chance to win a new Blazer? It's only five dollars." Rich shook his head, moved away from the table. "Not today."1993, Bentley Little, The Summoning, New York: Kensington Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 170

Stepford meaning in Tamil

Stepford in Tamil

எதிர் வினா கேட்காப் பணிவு

Examples of Stepford in a sentence

  • So, when in a dorky Christmas town with Stepford people and themed shops, do as they do.2008, Karin Tabke, Have Yourself a Naughty Little Santa, page 150:
  • Navy with an army of gonorrhea-infected Stepford clones?2011 July 18, Matt Culkin, “The 16 Most Hilariously Dishonest Old School Advertisements”, Cracked.com

Forms of Stepford

pluralStepfords

Origin of Stepford

From step + ford.

From the fictional place name Stepford. After the fictional suburb in the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, and in two films of the same name based on the novel.

Phrases with Stepford

Questions about Stepford

What does Stepford mean?
Stepford means a surname.
What is Stepford in Tamil?
Stepford in Tamil is எதிர் வினா கேட்காப் பணிவு. See Stepford meaning in Tamil.
How do you use Stepford in a sentence?
So, when in a dorky Christmas town with Stepford people and themed shops, do as they do.
What part of speech is Stepford?
Stepford can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Stepford in the dictionary

  1. stepfather-in-law
  2. stepfatherhood
  3. stepfatherly
  4. stepfathers
  5. stepfathers-in-law
  6. Stepford
  7. Stepford wife
  8. Stepford wives
  9. Stepfordesque
  10. Stepfordian
  11. Stepfords

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Stepford (page history and authors); Stepford (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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