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Synonyms for lady

Most common

woman wife madame lass noblewoman

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Noblewoman

noblewoman, peeress rare

Other

sister

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The mistress of a household.

  2. n. 2

    A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.

    "I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."

Forms

Plural
ladies → women, madames, lasses, gentlewomen…

Example sentences

  • woman The woman managed the drunk as if he were a child.
  • wife I want a wife and children, and so I need a house.
  • madame Madame de Pompadour was a patroness of the arts.
  • lass The lass is at the window, because the sun is very hot today.
  • sister My sister married a high school teacher last June.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ladyrising
womanrising
wiferising
madamerising
lassrising
sisterrising

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

By length

4 letters
wife1, dame1, lass1
5 letters
woman2, queen1, donna2
6 letters
sister2, madame2, matron2
7 letters
peeress
8 letters
mistress2
10 letters
noblewoman4
11 letters
gentlewoman4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (woman2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
dame
Italiano
signora
Español
dama
Deutsch
Dame
Català
senyora