headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistressnext
as in teacher

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of headmistress In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Green plays Miss Peregrine, the headmistress of a hidden school that protects children with unusual abilities. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 Broadway veteran Carole Shelley set the standard for the villainous headmistress Madame Morrible. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025 In the film, Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Shiz University, keeps her stark white hair in an intricate updo, careful not to let too much of it down. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025 Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headmistress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
  1. teacher
  2. schoolmistress
  3. headmaster
  4. schoolmarm
  5. mistress
  6. schoolteacher
  7. instructor
  8. educator
Noun
  • Schiltz added that any aggrieved teacher can file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Police said on Sunday the gunman had previously had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year, and had watched violent content online, using social media to learn how to use a firearm.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Among the middle and upper classes, music was generally seen as a female accomplishment, and teaching its rudiments to children was typically left to mothers, governesses, or schoolmistresses.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of schoolmistress
Noun
  • There, the producers were running the show and Andy was kind of like the kindly headmaster, but none of that was there now.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • Though the frigid headmaster answers their questions about his wife and his own timeline without flair, his demeanor immediately puts Annie on edge.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of headmaster
Noun
  • No ruler-wielding schoolmarm can impart the urgency of learning the way hunger can.
    — John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud.
    — Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
Definition of schoolmarm
Noun
  • Despite their apparent happiness, François takes a mistress (Marie-France Boyer) without remorse, setting in motion a tragedy that leaves its least deserving character the happiest.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Anna’s colleague Noa Toussaint (CCH Pounder) follows with a video of Max coercing his mistress into suicide, shattering the narrative that bought his freedom.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of mistress
Noun
  • Charlotte Stewart’s bold gambit was rewarded with a four-season run as the kindly schoolteacher Eva Beadle-Simms.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Several schoolteachers described bringing the nest cam into their classrooms as a learning tool.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteacher
Noun
  • By 2021 only 32% had that status, and the rest were adjunct instructors or contract faculty.
    — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At the time that the law firm's report was released, Clower's name was listed as an instructor on the website of a dance school for children and teenagers in Texas.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Boyd, an educator, has consistently won elections since 2016 and has friends on both sides of the political aisle.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The district also took time to highlight its multilingual educators.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of educator

Browse Nearby Words

headmen
headmistress
headmistresses
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Headmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistress. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on headmistress

Nglish: Translation of headmistress for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Words of the Week - Aug. 14

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of a green cube out of place in a lineup of red spheres
Odd Word Out: Synonyms Vol. 2 Quiz Figure out which word isn't like the others.
See All