Wife

What do we mean by wife?

A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse. noun

A woman: now only in rural or provincial use, especially in Scotland, and usually with an adjective, or in composition with a noun, implying a woman of humble position: as, old wives' tales; a fish wife. noun

The mistress of a house; a hostess: called more distinctively the goodwife (correlative to goodman) or the housewīfe. noun

A woman who is united to a man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; a man's spouse: the correlative of husband. noun

To take a wife; marry.

A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like. noun

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband. noun

To give or take (a woman) in marriage. noun

The equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. noun

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse. noun

The female of a pair of mated animals. noun

A married woman; a man's partner in marriage noun

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

The female of a pair of mated animals.

Words that are spelled similarly to wife:
wife.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word wife:
grandchildren, unmarried, daughters, daughter, someone, countess, sons, frances, eleanor, agnes, isabella, divorced, empress, margaret, divorce, elizabeth, catherine, alone, anne, dorothy, reside, households, louise, martha, jane, ann, anna, children, helen, marie, mary, widow, ellen, maria, individuals, caroline, sarah, eldest, princess, educated, joan, emma, married, son, susan, linda, ruth, emily, julia, marriage, nancy, pregnant, alice, husband, lady, died, couple, barbara, affair, grandson, laura, whom, heir, charlotte, cousin, sister, elder, buried, survived, earl, inherited, mrs, grandfather, sir, birth, present, baron, living, mother.

Words that rhyme with wife:
life, strife, rife, knife, saif, fife, fyfe, alewife, wildlife, midwife, loosestrife, afterlife, housewife, nightlife, midlife, yellowknife, switchblade knife, quality of life, full of life, shelf life, still life, half life, real life, butter knife, phyfe, birdlife, plant life, staff of life, bowie knife, way of life, walk of life, butcher knife, come to life, elixir of life, palette knife, pocket knife, hunting knife, eternal life, true to life, steak knife, case knife, clasp knife, schleif, time of life, paring knife, purple loosestrife, bread knife, fantasy life, sheath knife, sporting life, streiff, slife, fyffe, spiked loosestrife, carving knife, line of life, prime of life, professional life, table knife, trench knife, putty knife, change of life, surgical knife, business life, hyssop loosestrife, fish knife, estate for life, right to life, pruning knife, garden loosestrife, linoleum knife, pfeiff, standard of life, yellow loosestrife, co-wife, counterlife, greiff, herbalife, metlife, southlife.

Adjectives that are often used to describe wife:
first, second, young, good, own, dear, beautiful, third, future, beloved, poor, former, faithful, dead, devoted, deceased, lovely, pretty, late, pregnant, lawful, charming, divorced, fourth, excellent, sick, perfect, indian, wedded, sweet, virtuous, unfaithful, ideal, rich, dutiful, wonderful, happy, senior, favorite, and, favourite, younger, affectionate, loyal, unhappy, noble, jealous, adulterous, legitimate, deserted, attractive, dearest, faithless, amiable, gentle, handsome, suitable, chaste, nice, fair, husband, obedient, invalid, innocent, born, battered, intended, aged, fifth, nagging, fat, childless.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective wife:
beating, battering, abuse, controls, relationship, assault, interaction, beater, givers, purchase, torture, husband, lending, sister, number, swapping, homemaker, capture, mother, beaters, relationships, selling, takers, beginning, law, desertion, exchange, battery, relations, families, trouble, inheritance, the, expectations, killing, influence, killer, dear, differences, swap, roles, sale, living, imbalance, employment, proximity, rents, dead, present, violence, hater, activists, burning, sharing, torturers, murderer, mine, dominance, tell, france, trading, eversley, whose, domination, dominant, nods, fond, blind, breaks, see, victimization, herd, hospitality, bath, italy, spain, exits, homicides, carle.

Consonant match to wife:
whiff, waif, woof.

Words that sound like wife:
wife, yfe, woof, whiff, waif, wiff, wif, wof, wofe, wuff, wafe, waf, waff, weef, woff, wuf, waffe, wef, wief, weaf, wythe, why, y, wifey, wifi, wive, wi-fi, wai, worf, wye, wifie, wifed, wyw, y., werf, wifu, wurf, wyth, wifa, life, knife, rife, nife, saif, sife, cyph, yiff, mife, iof, euph, ufe, euf, scif, yif, myf, yaf, yaff, yef, ewf, yoof, with, half, hoof, huff, hoff, heff, hef, haf, hough, hof, huf, hefe, haff, hafe, hif, houff, hauf, hiff, hufe, hauff, heph, haaf, howff, hofe, hoef, quiff, quaff, oui, coif, uou, ois, swif, joa, joah, uefa, oua, quaife, ouo, twif, uoo.