Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bridesmaid
1 sense of bridesmaid
Sense 1
bridesmaid, maid of honor -- (an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding)
=> attendant, attender, tender -- (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
=> woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")