Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 30 compound words that contain wives. The most common are listed below. Open wives in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- husbands and wivesplural of husband and wife: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see husband, and, wife. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- old wives' taleA supposed truth that has been passed down by word of mouth
- ex-wivesplural of ex-wife: A former wife (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- old wivesplural of old wife: An old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales.
- sister-wivesplural of sister-wife: A woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.
- wood-wivesplural of wood-wife: A type of female wood spirit.
- trophy wivesplural of trophy wife: A wife, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for her husband, usually older and affluent.
- mob wivesplural of mob wife: A person exemplifying a fashion aesthetic characterized by gaudy and ostentatious clothing, such as fur coats, designer bags, platform heels, and animal print.
- gold star wivesplural of gold star wife: The widow of a member of the United States armed forces who was killed in action.
- wives-in-lawplural of wife-in-law: A wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband
- trad wivesplural of trad wife: A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century.
- Stepford wivesplural of Stepford wife: A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own.
- Deppford wivesplural of Deppford wife: A female fan who fervently defends Johnny Depp.
- co-wivesplural of co-wife: In a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband.
- country wivesplural of country wife: A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife.
- Dutch wivesplural of Dutch wife: A long body-length bolster (pillow) that can be held or wrapped around one's body while sleeping.
- field wivesplural of field wife: A woman taken as a lover by a man in the military, during a period of military action.
- ice wivesplural of ice wife: A colleague in Antarctica who becomes one's work wife.
- prison wivesplural of prison wife: A wife of somebody in prison.
- sea-wivesplural of sea-wife: 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.
- work wivesplural of work wife: A woman with whom another person has a platonic intimacy at work.
- old wives' talesplural of old wives' tale: A supposed truth that has been passed down by word of mouth
- bamboo wivesplural of bamboo wife: In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow.
- hen-wivesplural of hen-wife: A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
- ale-wivesplural of ale-wife: Alternative form of alewife (woman who sells ale)
Compound words 30
- wiveslessWithout wives.
- housewivesplural of housewife: A 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.
- midwivesplural of midwife: A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
- fishwivesplural of fishwife: A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
- alewivesplural of alewife: A woman who keeps an alehouse.
- archwivesplural of archwife: A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
- boywivesplural of boywife: A young male assuming the employment of homemaking, a role traditionally assumed by women; the submissive partner in the relationship who receives great pleasure in "taking care" of his more dominant partner.
- childwivesplural of childwife: A woman being churched after childbirth.
- cyberwivesplural of cyberwife: A wife through cybermarriage.
- elfwivesplural of elfwife: A married female elf.