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

3 senses of mistress

Sense 1
mistress, kept woman, fancy woman -- (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")
       => lover -- (a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage)

Sense 2
schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress -- (a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict))
       => schoolteacher, school teacher -- (a teacher in a school below the college level)

Sense 3
mistress -- (a woman master who directs the work of others)
       => employer -- (a person or firm that employs workers)