plural wives
ˈwīvz 
1
a
dialect
: woman
b
: a woman acting in a specified capacity
—used in combination
fishwife
2
: a female partner in a marriage
Synonyms of wife
Examples of wife in a Sentence
We met him and his wife.
a husband and wife who treat each other as equals in their marriage
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Beachfront guesthouses for friends and family are now part of the resort’s main room blocks, all named after cities around the globe where the owner and his wife had traveled.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
At house parties, for instance, Nilsson would find the wives clustered in the kitchen while the men talked shop in another room.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
That book feels its way into the silence around Agnes Shakespeare, the playwright’s wife, and his son, Hamnet, who died at age eleven.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Her skirt is couture from Nike, aptly, named by its co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman for the Greek goddess of victory lo these many decades ago, after Bowerman figured out the whole waffle-sole thing by destroying his wife’s waffle iron in his kitchen.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
At house parties, for instance, Nilsson would find the wives clustered in the kitchen while the men talked shop in another room.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
That book feels its way into the silence around Agnes Shakespeare, the playwright’s wife, and his son, Hamnet, who died at age eleven.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Her skirt is couture from Nike, aptly, named by its co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman for the Greek goddess of victory lo these many decades ago, after Bowerman figured out the whole waffle-sole thing by destroying his wife’s waffle iron in his kitchen.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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“Wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wife. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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