Synonyms for sempstress
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A seamstress, a woman employed to sew.
Forms
- Plural
- sempstresses → seamstresses, sewers, needlewomen, modistes…
Example sentences
- sewer The El Harrach River functions like an open sewer.
- seamstress She designs her clothes and then has a seamstress make them.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sempstress | steady | |
| sewer | falling | |
| seamstress | rising | |
| modiste | rising | |
| needlewoman | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sewer2
- 7 letters
- modiste
- 10 letters
- seamstress2
- 11 letters
- needlewoman
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sewer2 = 2 syllables).