Usually means: Wife's or husband's mother legally.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics
We found 31 dictionaries that define the word mother-in-law:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. mother-in-law: Merriam-Webster
  2. mother-in-law: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mother-in-law: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mother-in-law, mother-in-law: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mother-in-law: Vocabulary.com
  6. mother-in-law: Wordnik
  7. mother-in-law: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mother-in-law: Wiktionary
  9. mother-in-law: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. mother-in-law: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Mother-in-law, mother-in-law: Dictionary.com
  12. mother-in-law: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. mother-in-law: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Mother-in-law: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Mother-in-law: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. mother-in-law: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. mother-in-law: Rhymezone
  18. mother-in-law: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. mother-in-law: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. mother-in-law: FreeDictionary.org
  21. mother-in-law: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. mother-in-law: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. mother-in-law: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Mother-in-law: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. mother-in-law: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mother-in-law: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

(Note: See mother-in-laws as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The mother of one's spouse.
noun:  A mother-in-law apartment.
noun:  A mother-in-law sandwich.
noun:  (dated) A stepmother.

Similar:

Phrases:



Word origin

Words similar to mother-in-law

Usage examples for mother-in-law

Idioms related to mother-in-law

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing mother-in-law

Words that often appear near mother-in-law

Rhymes of mother-in-law

Invented words related to mother-in-law

Similar:

Phrases:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux