noblewoman

1. 1.

   a woman of the peerage in Britain

   SynonymsLadypeeress

   Antonymsnobleman

   Broaderfemale aristocrat

   Narrowerbaronesscountessduchesslady-in-waitingmarchionessMiladyBorgiaGodivaHamilton

   Part ofpeerage

   United Kingdom

Other forms of noblewoman

plural

noblewomans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about noblewoman

What does noblewoman mean?

noblewoman means "a woman of the peerage in Britain".

How many syllables are in noblewoman?

noblewoman has 4 syllables: no-ble-wom-an. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ˈnoʊbəlˌwʊmən/.

What is another word for noblewoman?

Close synonyms include Lady, peeress. 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.

What is the opposite of noblewoman?

The recorded antonyms are nobleman.

Is noblewoman a common word?

noblewoman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with noblewoman?

7 words rhyme with noblewoman. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.