wife
English Thesaurus
1. a married woman; a man's partner in marriage (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adult female, woman, |
| definition | : | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | crown princess, |
| definition | : | the wife of a crown prince (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | first lady, |
| definition | : | the wife of a chief executive (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | golf widow, |
| definition | : | a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | honest woman, |
| definition | : | a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | marchioness, |
| definition | : | the wife or widow of a marquis (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | matron, |
| definition | : | a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mayoress, |
| definition | : | the wife of a mayor (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | missis, missus, |
| definition | : | informal term of address for someone's wife (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | old lady, |
| definition | : | your own wife (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sheika, sheikha, |
| definition | : | the wife of a sheik (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | signora, |
| definition | : | an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | trophy wife, |
| definition | : | a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ux., uxor, |
| definition | : | (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | vicereine, |
| definition | : | wife of a viceroy (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | viscountess, |
| definition | : | a wife or widow of a viscount (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bathsheba, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | catherine, catherine of aragon, |
| definition | : | first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anne hathaway, hathaway, |
| definition | : | wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | rachel, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | rebecca, rebekah, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ruth, |
| definition | : | the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sarah, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac (noun.person) |
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