Wife Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Examples of wife in a Sentence. We met him and his wife. a husband and wife who treat each other as equals in their marriage. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut wife noun SaveWord \ˈwīf \ pluralwives\ ˈwīvz \ Definitionofwife 1a dialect :woman b :awomanactinginaspecifiedcapacity —usedincombinationfishwife 2 :afemalepartnerinamarriage OtherWordsfromwife Synonyms ExampleSentences LearnMoreAboutwife OtherWordsfromwife wifehood \ ˈwīf-​ˌhu̇d ,ˈwī-​ˌfu̇d \ noun wifeless \ ˈwī-​fləs \ adjective Synonymsforwife Synonyms helpmate, helpmeet, lady, madam, missus (ormissis), Mrs., oldlady, wifey, woman [chieflydialect] VisittheThesaurusforMore  ExamplesofwifeinaSentence Wemethimandhiswife. ahusbandandwifewhotreateachotherasequalsintheirmarriage RecentExamplesontheWeb Thehusbandandwifeduo,membersoftheHopitribe,spendtheirdayswatchingovertheir25cattlethatgrazetheland. — NeetishBasnet,TheArizonaRepublic,20Nov.2021 WadeexpresseshisloveoffamilythroughoutDwyane,whichfeaturessweetphotographsofallofhiskids,hisparentsandwifeGabrielleUnion,49. — VanessaEtienneAndSamGillette,PEOPLE.com,19Nov.2021 TheOhioSupremeCourtruledThursdayaWarrenCountyjudgeshouldnothaverestoredthegunrightsofamanconvictedofmisdemeanordomesticviolenceandtheman'sex-wifecoulduseMarsy'sLawtoblockthejudge'sruling. — LauraA.Bischoff,TheEnquirer,19Nov.2021 HeispredeceasedbyhisparentsandsurvivedbyhissisterDianChute;daughterNoraChute,aproducer;andwifeAnneThompson,editor-at-largeatIndiewire. — PatSaperstein,Variety,19Nov.2021 Sofortwoweeksnowshe'sbeenhostingguestsaswellaswaitingandclearingtablesatFolsom'sBackBistro,ownedbyhusbandandwifeJeffandGailBack. — MeganCerullo,CBSNews,19Nov.2021 Jo’sresponseshowsthestrengthandcompassionofaprisonwife. — JohnJ.Lennon,Vulture,18Nov.2021 AndEllisherselfcomespowerfullyclosetotranscendingtheparametersofthesupportivewiferoleshe’sbeengiven,aclichéthatthemovierejuvenateswithoutentirelysidestepping. — LosAngelesTimes,18Nov.2021 Dimitrius,whohaswrittenthreebooks,wasapartofthedefenseteamthathelpedacquitO.J.Simpsonofchargesinthe1994murdersofhisex-wife,NicoleBrownSimpsonandRonaldGoldman. — StephaniePagones,FoxNews,18Nov.2021 Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'wife.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. SeeMore FirstKnownUseofwife beforethe12thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1a HistoryandEtymologyforwife MiddleEnglishwif,fromOldEnglishwīf;akintoOldHighGermanwībwifeandprobablytoTocharianBkwīpefemalepudenda LearnMoreAboutwife Sharewife PosttheDefinitionofwifetoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofwifeonTwitter TimeTravelerforwife Thefirstknownuseofwifewas beforethe12thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury DictionaryEntriesNearwife wiesenboden wife wife'sequity SeeMoreNearbyEntries  PhrasesRelatedtowife estrangedwife husbandandwife takeawife/husband Statisticsforwife LastUpdated 22Nov2021 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Wife.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wife.Accessed3Dec.2021. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforwife wife noun EnglishLanguageLearnersDefinitionofwife :amarriedwoman:thewomansomeoneismarriedto SeethefulldefinitionforwifeintheEnglishLanguageLearnersDictionary wife noun \ˈwīf \ pluralwives\ ˈwīvz \ KidsDefinitionofwife :afemalepartnerinamarriage OtherWordsfromwife wifely adjective MorefromMerriam-Websteronwife Nglish:TranslationofwifeforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofwifeforArabicSpeakers Britannica.com:Encyclopediaarticleaboutwife WORDOFTHEDAY galvanize SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary NamethatThing:FlowerEdition Namethatflower hyacinth amaryllis hydrangea chrysanthemum Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethingalongtheway. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay “InVinoVeritas”andOtherLatinPhrasestoLiveBy Top10LatinPhrases Is'corps'singularorplural? BlameFrench Funner,Stupider,andOtherWordsThatAreinFactReal Don'targuewiththedictionary Isit'Forty'?Or'Fourty'? Thisisusage AsktheEditors 'Everyday'vs.'EveryDay' Asimpletricktokeepthemseparate WhatIs'SemanticBleaching'? How'literally'canmean"figuratively" Literally Howtouseawordthat(literally)drivessomepe... IsSingular'They'aBetterChoice? Theawkwardcaseof'hisorher' WordGames ConfusingWordsStrikesAgain Howmanydoyouknow? Takethequiz NameThoseHerbsandSpices Howmanydoyouknow? Takethequiz TrueorFalse? Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethinga... Takethequiz