needlewoman

Questions about needlewoman

What does needlewoman mean?

needlewoman means "someone who makes or mends dresses".

How many syllables are in needlewoman?

needlewoman has 4 syllables: need-le-wo-man. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for needlewoman?

Close synonyms include dressmaker, modiste, seamstress, sempstress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is needlewoman a common word?

needlewoman is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.