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Synonyms for matronly

  • adjective

Most common

feminine stale womanly matronal

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.

Example sentences

  • feminine Cat is masculine in Berber and feminine in German.
  • stale Ziri discovered that the birdseed had gone stale.
  • womanly Shake hands like a man. This is a rather womanly grip.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
matronlyrising
femininerising
stalerising
womanlyrising
matronalsteady

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

By length

5 letters
stale1
7 letters
womanly
8 letters
feminine3, matronal

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (feminine3 = 3 syllables).