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Synonyms for fishwife

Most common

vixen shrew

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Fishwoman — A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger

piscatrix, fishwoman dated, fishmongeress rare

Other

fishfag dated, fisherwife dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.

  2. n. 2

    A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.

Related words

Is a kind of
fishmonger beard

Forms

Plural
fishwives → fishwomen, fishmongeresses, vixens, shrews…

Example sentences

  • vixen A vixen lives in our garden with her five puppies.
  • shrew You can gossip as much as you want, dirty shrew!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fishwiferising
vixenrising
shrewsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
vixen2, shrew, scold1, harpy
6 letters
virago3
7 letters
fishfag
9 letters
termagant, piscatrix, fishwoman
10 letters
fisherwife
13 letters
fishmongeress

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vixen2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
poissonnière