Synonyms for concubine
Most common
sugar baby mistress courtesan domestic partner cohabitant odalisque
Definitions
- n. 1
A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
- n. 2
A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
Related words
- Word family
- concubinage concubinary
Forms
- Plural
- concubines → mistresses, courtesans, paramours, doxies…
Example sentences
- mistress Dan killed his wife, Linda, to marry his mistress.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| concubine | rising | |
| mistress | rising | |
| courtesan | rising | |
| cohabitant | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- doxy2
- 6 letters
- sprunk
- 8 letters
- mistress2, paramour
- 9 letters
- courtesan, odalisque, cohabitor
- 10 letters
- cohabitant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doxy2 = 2 syllables).