Synonyms for madame
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Lady abbess — A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important…
brothel-keeper, abbess, bawd, whoremistress, lady abbess dated rare, nookie-bookie slang
Definitions
- n. 1
The mistress of a household.
- n. 2
A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
Related words
- Word family
- mademoiselle
- Phrases
- grande madame
- Other spellings
- madam
Forms
- Plural
- madames → dames, ladies, mistresses, matrons…
Example sentences
- lady You should know better than to ask a lady her age.
- dame He built an exact replica of Notre Dame Cathedral.
- mistress Dan killed his wife, Linda, to marry his mistress.
- matron Skura was a matron at the church.
By length
- 4 letters
- lady2, dame1, bawd1
- 5 letters
- woman2, donna2
- 6 letters
- matron2, abbess
- 8 letters
- mistress2
- 11 letters
- gentlewoman4
- 13 letters
- whoremistress
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lady2 = 2 syllables).