English Explanatory Dictionary

old woman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An elderly woman.
  2. A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
  3. One's wife.
  4. One's mother.
  5. The plant sea wormwood.

Pronunciation

En-au-old woman.ogg

Word forms

old woman old women

Synonyms

wife old woman babushka bag bat beldame biddy bluehair bubbe carline carlin crone gammer geezer gogo grandam granny grimalkin hag maum old lady old maid prune spinster tabby trot trout witch

Antonyms

girl old man

Related words

old lady old man elderly wife

Derived words

old-womanish
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