Thesaurus:mistress

Thesaurus

mistress

English

Noun

Sense: mistress; a female sexual partner other than wife

Synonyms

• bit on the side (Britain)
• concubine
• doxy (archaic)
• dulcinea (obsolete)
• goomah (US, slang)
• leman (archaic)
• loon (chiefly Scotland)
• minx (derogatory, dated)
• mistress
• number two (Philippines)
• side bitch (vulgar)
• side chick (slang)
• side piece (slang)
• side ting (Britain, MLE)
• sprunk (obsolete)
• strumpet
• wench (archaic)
• wifelet (informal)

Antonyms

• wife    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• courtesan
• grass widow
• kept woman

Hypernyms

• lover    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sexual partner    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “962. libertine” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “mistress” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.