uxorial

1. 1.

   befitting or characteristic of a wife

   Synonymswifelywifelike

Questions about uxorial

What does uxorial mean?

uxorial means "befitting or characteristic of a wife".

How many syllables are in uxorial?

uxorial has 4 syllables: ux-o-ri-al. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for uxorial?

Close synonyms include wifely, wifelike. 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 uxorial a common word?

uxorial 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.