Synonyms for dame
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
Related words
- Word family
- dam damsel
- Phrases
- grande dame dame's rocket dame's violet
Forms
- Plural
- dames → madames, ladies, women, chicks…
Example sentences
- lady You should know better than to ask a lady her age.
- chick Ziri has lost his job to a Eastern European chick.
- madame Madame de Pompadour was a patroness of the arts.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dame | rising | |
| lady | rising | |
| chick | falling | |
| madame | rising | |
| gentlewoman | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- gal1
- 4 letters
- lady2, bird1, doll1, maid1, lass1
- 5 letters
- woman2, queen1, broad1, chick1, skirt1, donna2, birdy2
- 6 letters
- madame2, maiden2, matron2, damsel2, girlie2, lassie2
- 8 letters
- mistress2
- 10 letters
- damoiselle
- 11 letters
- gentlewoman4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lady2 = 2 syllables).