Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "wife" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

husband husband

Derived Terms

Caesar's wife Caesar's wife must be above suspicion Deppford wife Dutch wife I now declare you man and wife Lot's wife Stepford wife aad wife alewife all the world and his wife apple-wife archwife bamboo wife blue star wife brother's wife co-wife cockle wife country wife cowife cyberwife dead wife flashback dead wife montage devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter devil is kissing his wife devil's beating his wife ex wife ex-wife fishwife gold star wife goodwife housewife husband and wife huswife ice wife man and wife midwife mob wife old wife old-wife oldwife orange-wife oyster wife plural wife prison wife pudding-wife seawife side-wife sister-wife spaewife take a wife take to wife the world and his wife tradwife trophy wife wife acceptance factor wife beater wife carrying wife guy wife selling wife up wife's best friend wife-beater wife-beating wife-beating question wife-carl wife-giver wife-in-law wife-taker wifebeater wifehood wifekin wifeless wifelet wifelike wifeliness wifeling wifelkin wifely wifestyle wifeswapping wifey work wife

Distinct From

husband

Inflected/Variant Forms

husband

Context

scotland

Part Of (Holonyms)

WAG

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adult female better half life partner lover married person mate partner significant other spouse wedder woman

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

grey mare housewife

Type Of (IsA)

better half female person spouse wedder woman

Related Terms

English terms starting with autem mort fiancée girlfriend uxorial waifu widow

Related Terms

animal female female husband husband husbands husbands spouse marry mated spouse uxorial woman

Synonym Network

little woman

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.