Synonyms of maid

maid

noun

ˈmād 

1

as in housekeeper

a female domestic servant

hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housekeeper
• handmaid
• housemaid
• maidservant
• charwoman
• handmaiden
• house girl
• biddy
• chambermaid
• skivvy
• char
• wench
• attendant
• nursemaid
• lady-in-waiting
• abigail
• domestic
• amah
• au pair
• ayah
• maid-in-waiting
• menial

2

as in girl

a young unmarried woman

a dance where the fair maids and handsome bucks of the village hoped to meet one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girl
• maiden
• damsel
• demoiselle
• virgin
• miss
• ingénue
• sister
• debutante
• filly
• lass
• ingenue
• deb
• lassie
• senorita
• chit
• bird
• sheila
• mademoiselle
• señorita
• colleen
• senhorita

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of maid

Gavin Zeigler for Sotheby’s International Realty A bedroom on the other side of the great room, off the kitchen, which Mary Woodhouse might have reserved for her maid. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2024

Unlike the high-society love interests that preceded her, Sophie is a maid who has spent most of her life working and concealing a mysterious past, Netflix revealed on companion sight Tudum. —Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024

Indonesia was an obvious substitute: a nation that was 87% Muslim and whose people were already familiar to many in Saudi Arabia as immigrants who had come to work as maids or drivers. —Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024

Emilia: Emilia appears in Othello as Desdemona’s maid. —Kara Nesvig, Parents, 14 Oct. 2024