Matron Synonyms and Antonyms

mātrən
A woman in a supervisory position
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. housekeeper
  2. superintendent
  3. housemother
Antonyms:
  1. patron
An older married woman
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dame
  2. dowager
  3. mother
  4. matriarch
  5. lady
  6. wife
  7. female
  8. housekeeper
  9. overseer
  10. widow
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Words Related to Matron

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. administrator
  2. woman
  3. nursing-sister
  4. matrons
  5. schoolmistress
  6. nurse

Matron Sentence Examples

  • His wife is an assistant matron in a boarding house.

  • There is a brief early cameo of an autocratic matron by the great actress Judith Anderson.

  • In 1879 she was appointed matron of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

  • Zenobia figured in the conqueror's splendid triumph at Rome, and by the most probable account accepted her fall with dignity and closed her days at Tibur, where she lived with her sons the life of a Roman matron.

  • Not uncommonly, the maid or matron of honor hosts the bridal shower for the bride to be.

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