Synonyms for schoolmarm
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict.
Related words
- Other spellings
- school marm school-marm
Forms
- Plural
- schoolmarms → mistresses, schoolmistresses, schoolma'ams…
Example sentences
- mistress Dan killed his wife, Linda, to marry his mistress.
- schoolmistress Necessity is a stern but an excellent schoolmistress.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| schoolmarm | rising | |
| mistress | rising | |
| schoolmistress | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- mistress2
- 14 letters
- schoolmistress
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mistress2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- institutrice
- Español
- maestra