Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun matriarch

2 senses of matriarch

Sense 1
matriarch, materfamilias -- (a female head of a family or tribe)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")
       => head of household -- (the head of a household or family or tribe)

Sense 2
matriarch -- (a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons))
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")