foster son

1. 1.

   someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth

   Synonymsfoster-son

   Broaderfoster-child

Questions about foster son

What does foster son mean?

foster son means "someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth".

What is another word for foster son?

Close synonyms include foster-son. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foster son a common word?

foster son is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.