Synonyms for mistress
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Schoolmarm
schoolmarm, schoolmistress, schoolma'am informal
Other
concubine, paramour, kept woman, sugar baby, doxy dated, side piece slang, dulcinea dated, side ting slang, instructress dated, goomah slang US, sprunk dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
She was the mistress of the estate-mansion, and owned the horses.
- n. 2
A female head of household.
- n. 3
A female teacher.
Related words
- Word family
- miss
- Phrases
- cruel mistress wardrobe mistress fickle mistress harsh mistress bee mistress
- Is a kind of
- lover sexual partner
Forms
- Plural
- mistresses → bosses, heads, leaders, schoolmarms…
Example sentences
- leader We need a new leader to pull our company together.
- boss Between you and me, he's in trouble with the boss.
- schoolmistress Necessity is a stern but an excellent schoolmistress.
- madame Madame de Pompadour was a patroness of the arts.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mistress | rising | |
| leader | rising | |
| boss | rising | |
| schoolmistress | steady | |
| schoolmarm | rising | |
| madame | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- head1, lady2, boss1, dame1, doxy2
- 5 letters
- donna2
- 6 letters
- leader2, madame2, matron2, goomah, sprunk
- 8 letters
- paramour, dulcinea4
- 9 letters
- concubine3
- 10 letters
- schoolmarm
- 12 letters
- instructress
- 14 letters
- schoolmistress
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lady2 = 2 syllables).