daughter-in-lawnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɔː.tər.ɪn.lɔː/us/ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ.ɪn.lɑː/plural daughters-in-lawB2 the woman who is married to your son or daughter
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: non-blood relations
- auntie
- brother-in-law
- co-brother
- co-sister
- father-in-law
- goddaughter
- godfather
- godmother
- godparent
- godson
- sister-in-law
- son-in-law
- step
- stepbrother
- stepchild
- stepfamily
- stepfather
- stepmother
- stepmum
- stepparent
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Examples from literature
- He was exceedingly fond of his daughter-in-law, and never could speak of her without emotion.
- My daughter-in-law is good to me but she needs everything she makes.
- She owns nothing and is living in the home of her daughter-in-law who is kind to her and cares for her as best she can.
- The farewells of mother and daughter-in-law were cold.
- There arose at once the almost inevitable conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.