Synonyms of gentlewoman

gentlewoman

noun

ˈjen-tᵊl-ˌwu̇-mən 

as in lady

a woman of high birth or social position

in the 19th century a number of American gentlewomen used their wealth and influence to further abolitionism, women's rights, and other worthy causes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lady
• countess
• queen
• duchess
• noblewoman
• dame
• matron
• milady
• madam
• peeress
• princess
• baroness
• dowager
• mistress
• marchioness
• ladyship
• marquise
• viscountess
• matriarch
• marchesa

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gentlewoman

Those laughs are balanced with real world issues, and a longing for these gentlewomen locked into the suffocating zeitgeist of early 1800s British Regency. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025

Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy. — Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025

The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812. — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025

Maybe Kate can get Parton to hop back across the pond to play a few songs and, as a real Southern gentlewoman, teach those rather provincial Brits how to properly serve tea. — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023

In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility. — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023