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What is the adjective for wives?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb wive which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

wifeless
  1. having no wife; unmarried or celibate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unmarried, single, unattached, unwed, free, husbandless, bachelor, sole, spouseless, partnerless, eligible, separated, unwedded, divorced, available, widowed, spinster, unhitched, celibate, maiden, chaste, uncoupled, virgin, footloose and fancy free, on the shelf, young, free and single, left on the shelf, lone, unengaged, unbetrothed, uncommitted, by oneself, without a husband, without a wife, on your own, not going out with anyone, without a partner, virginal, maidenly, nunlike, companionless, nunnish, monklike, monkish, unloved, monastic, unescorted, alone, by yourself, with no ties … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Charlotte enters Maggie's household and comes to the attention of the wifeless Adam Verver, who proposes to her.”
      “I have been rendered wifeless by the Pandavs and therefore I want Panchali, the wife of the Pandavs.”
      “On Christmas Eve, Ralph invited all of the wifeless sailors who hadn't any place better to go over to his house for a good time.”
wifey
  1. Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wifely, wifelike, uxorial
  3. Examples:
      4. “These men are actively looking for a wifey woman.”
wifely
  1. Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wifey, wifelike, uxorial
  3. Examples:
      4. “The judges accepted Karen Parlour's argument that her wifely discipline had helped her ex-husband's success on the field.”
      “Certainly he irritates her and she is consistently stressed and crabby around him, resenting her wifely role.”
      “I wonder whether wifely cynicism about a husband's mild illness or impermanent injury doesn't have a lot to do with fear.”
wiveless
  1. Obsolete form of wifeless.
wively
  1. Obsolete form of wifely.
wifelike
  1. Resembling a wife.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. uxorial, wifely, wifey
wifelier
  1. comparative form of wifely: more wifely
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wifier, more wifelike, more matrimonial, more nuptial, more connubial, more spousal, more husbandly
wifeliest
  1. superlative form of wifely: most wifely
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wifiest, most wifelike, most matrimonial, most nuptial, most connubial, most spousal, most husbandly
wived
  1. simple past tense and past participle of wive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. married, wed, wedded, espoused, betrothed, took to husband, taken to husband, took to wife, taken to wife, led to the altar, made an honest man of, made an honest woman of, husbanded, got married to, tied the knot with, got hitched to, got spliced to, plighted your troth to, taken as your husband, took as your husband, taken as your wife, took as your wife … more
wiving
  1. present participle of wive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. marrying, wedding, espousing, betrothing, taking to husband, taking to wife, leading to the altar, making an honest man of, making an honest woman of, husbanding, getting married to, getting hitched to, tying the knot with, plighting your troth to, getting spliced to, taking as your wife, taking as your husband, matching, taking as spouse … more
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