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Mother in law

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mother in law"

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grandmothernounA mother of someone's parent.
stepmomnoun(US, informal) Stepmother.
stepmothernounThe wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
mothers-in-lawThe mother of one's spouse.
mother witnoun(uncountable) Inborn intelligence; innate good sense.
grandmotherlyHaving the characteristics of a grandmother.
mother theresanounMisspelling of Mother Teresa. [A nun who worked among the poor for many decades in India.]
grandmothersnounA mother of someone's parent.
inlawsnounOne who is within the domain or protection of the law.
motherlyBefitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
queen mothernounA widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
mothersnoun(formerly the Carlton Ballroom) a club in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
motherhoodnounThe state of being a mother.
godmothernounA woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
motheringnounThe nurturing of a child by its mother.
housewifenoun(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
old ladynoun(literal, informal) An elderly woman.
great grandmothernounAlternative spelling of great-grandmother. [The mother of one's grandparent.]
mommanoun(US, colloquial) Mother.
grandmanoun(informal) Grandmother.

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