Synonyms of wives

wives

noun

plural of wife

as in ladies

the female partner in a marriage

a husband and wife who treat each other as equals in their marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ladies
• women
• spouses
• partners
• brides
• widows
• madams
• helpmates
• Mesdames
• helpmeets
• wifeys
• companions
• missuses
• housekeepers
• old ladies
• matrons
• housewives
• consorts
• dowagers
• homemakers
• soul mates
• mates
• significant others
• stay-at-homes
• better halves
• hausfraus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wives

McBride’s girlfriend, Ana Zortea, caught up with PEOPLE on WAG World shortly after the NBA Finals and also shared a glimpse inside the Knicks wives and girlfriends group chat. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Sons would die and mothers, wives, daughters would mourn, the way of the world since old men’s egos started wars that young men fought. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

An article in the Washington Post chronicled how police officers were caught abusing surveillance technology to stalk ex-wives and, in at least one case, an actress a police officer wanted to meet. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Retired Seventh-day Adventist pastor John Bridges has buried four wives since 1972. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026

Brittany Snow, one of the wives of twisty hit series The Hunting Wives, has joined the cast of The Housemaid’s Secret, Lionsgate’s sequel to its surprise hit The Housemaid. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

The hosts and reps are wives and mothers too (or the gay best friends of wives and mothers, or at least the closeted neighbor of wives and mothers). — Hannah Engler Harvey, Longreads, 30 July 2026

Neither Agamemnon nor Menelaus grasp that their actions toward their wives were immoral. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026

It's made by Gugu Zuma-Ncube and Thuli Zuma, two of the daughters of the country's most high-profile polygamist - former President Jacob Zuma, who has four wives. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 July 2026