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English noun: wife

1. wife (person) a married woman; a man's partner in marriage


Synonymsmarried woman


Broader (hypernym)adult female, better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse, woman


Narrower (hyponym)battle-ax, battle-axe, crown princess, first lady, golf widow, homemaker, honest woman, housewife, lady of the house, marchioness, matron, mayoress, missis, missus, old lady, sheika, sheikha, signora, trophy wife, ux., uxor, vicereine, viscountess, woman of the house


Instance hyponymAnne Hathaway, Bathsheba, Catherine, Catherine of Aragon, Hathaway, Rachel, Rebecca, Rebekah, Ruth, Sarah


Antonymshubby, husband, married man









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