maidenhood

The word “maidenhood” has 3 syllables: maid-en-hood

It's pronounced as /ˈmeɪdɪnhʊd/


What is synonym and antonym for maidenhood?

In the thesaurus, “maidenhood” has 30 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for maidenhood along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for maidenhood

  • abstention
  • abstinence
  • chasteness
  • chastity
  • cleanness
  • continence
  • effeminacy
  • effeteness
  • femaleness
  • femininity
  • feminity
  • frigidity
  • girlhood
  • girlishness
  • honor
  • immaculacy
  • impotence
  • innocence
  • integrity
  • muliebrity
  • purity
  • restraint
  • singleness
  • sinlessness
  • spotlessness
  • virginity
  • virtue
  • womanhood
  • womanishness
  • womanliness

Antonyms for maidenhood

  • androgyny
  • boyishness
  • corruption
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • evil
  • manhood
  • manliness
  • mannishness
  • masculinity
  • promiscuousness
  • tomboyishness
  • virility
  • wildness

Meanings of maidenhood

  • noun
    1. The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
    2. A woman's virginity or maidenhead.
    3. Freshness; newness.

Example Sentences

  • In medieval literature, maidenhood was often depicted as a symbol of purity and innocence.
  • She cherished the memories of her maidenhood, a time of carefree days and youthful dreams.
  • The young princess was celebrated for her beauty and maidenhood throughout the kingdom.
  • Her grandmother's stories often spoke of the customs and expectations surrounding maidenhood in the old days.
  • The novel explores the transition from maidenhood to womanhood and the challenges that come with it.

On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to maidenhood, such as: abstention, abstinence, androgyny, boyishness, chasteness, chastity, cleanness.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

effeteness

  • asthenia
  • breakdown
  • collapse
  • damage
  • debilitation
  • debility
  • decay
  • decrepitude
  • defenselessness
  • delicacy
  • disablement
  • disease
  • effeminacy
  • enervation
  • enfeeblement
  • etiolation
  • exhaustion
  • faintness
  • fatigue
  • feebleness
  • femaleness
  • femininity
  • feminity
  • flimsiness
  • fragility
  • frailness
  • frailty
  • girlhood
  • girlishness
  • harm
  • helplessness
  • hurt
  • impairment
  • impotence
  • impuissance
  • inability
  • inadequacy
  • incapacitation
  • incapacity
  • incompetence
  • ineffectualness
  • infirmity
  • infirmness
  • injury
  • insignificance
  • insufficiency
  • invalidism
  • lameness
  • languidness
  • languor
  • lassitude
  • listlessness
  • lowness
  • maidenhood
  • malaise
  • muliebrity
  • powerlessness
  • prostration
  • senility
  • sickliness
  • softness
  • tenderness
  • unhealthiness
  • weakness
  • weariness
  • wimpiness
  • womanhood
  • womanishness
  • womanliness

effeminacy

  • effeteness
  • femaleness
  • feminineness
  • femininity
  • feminity
  • girlhood
  • girlishness
  • maidenhood
  • muliebrity
  • sissiness
  • unmanliness
  • womanhood
  • womanishness
  • womanliness

immaculacy

  • abstemiousness
  • abstinence
  • chasteness
  • chastity
  • cherry
  • clarity
  • cleanliness
  • cleanness
  • continence
  • decency
  • decorum
  • demureness
  • devotion
  • goodness
  • honor
  • immaculateness
  • innocence
  • integrity
  • maidenhood
  • modesty
  • monogamy
  • morality
  • probity
  • propriety
  • pureness
  • purity
  • rectitude
  • restraint
  • righteousness
  • seemliness
  • singleness
  • sinlessness
  • spotlessness
  • stainlessness
  • taintlessness
  • temperance
  • unsulliedness
  • untaintedness
  • uprightness
  • virginity
  • virtue
  • virtuousness
  • whiteness

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