English noun: wife |
1. | wife (person) a married woman; a man's partner in marriage |
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| Synonyms | married woman |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse, woman |
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| 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 |
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| Instance hyponym | Anne Hathaway, Bathsheba, Catherine, Catherine of Aragon, Hathaway, Rachel, Rebecca, Rebekah, Ruth, Sarah |
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| Antonyms | hubby, husband, married man |
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