Phrase Hound found 74 phrases and 64 compound words that contain wife. The most common are listed below. Open wife in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 74
- husband and wifeUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see husband, and, wife. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- man and wifeAn opposite-sex married couple.
- ex-wifeA former wife (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- the world and his wifeEveryone; a great crowd; a jumbled assortment of people.
- co-wifeIn a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband.
- First Wife
- wife carryingA Finnish sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course.
- Second Wife
- sister-wifeA woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.
- wood-wifeA type of female wood spirit.
- wife-in-lawA wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband
- old wifeAn old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales.
- taking a wifepresent participle and gerund of take a wife
- took a wifesimple past of take a wife
- trophy wifeA wife, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for her husband, usually older and affluent.
- Dutch wifeA long body-length bolster (pillow) that can be held or wrapped around one's body while sleeping.
- wife guyA man who becomes famous on social media by posting content about his wife.
- sea-wifeAlternative form of seawife: Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly …
- work wifeA woman with whom another person has a platonic intimacy at work.
- side-wifeA woman who (among others) has the potential to become one's wife, or who is fulfilling the role of one's wife in addition to one's actual wife; a concubine
- wife-beatingProne to physically assaulting one's wife.
- ale-wifeAlternative form of alewife (woman who sells ale)
- wife up(of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife
- wife-changingOf a quantity of money: very large.
- Stepford wifeA woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own.
Compound words 64
- womenplural of woman: An adult female human.
- housewifeA woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
- hussyA housewife or housekeeper.
- alewifeA woman who keeps an alehouse.
- hotwifeA married female swinger; a wife who has sex with people other than her spouse, with the spouse's approval. A wife whose spouse is a swinger or wittol.
- wifeletA wife.
- fishwifeA woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
- wifebeaterOne who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence.
- wifedomThe condition of marriage for a woman.
- seawifeSynonym of wrasse: Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.