Stepmother \Step"moth`er\, n. [AS. ste['o]pm[=o]der.] The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage. [1913 Webster]
STEP-MOTHER. In Latin noverca, is the wife of one's father, who is not the mother of the person spoken of.
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "stepmother": dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, mummy, stepbrother, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepfather, stepsister, stepson, the old woman