Meanings
- informalnubile, worthy of being taken as a wife
But I told you that you're not a wifeable woman, and I told him so, and he wanted to wife you anyway.
2016, Gayl Jones, The Healing, →ISBN1 more example
No one paid her any mind. The kids in student council were like shadows in the halls. They were around us but mostly behind and under our feet. She didn't even have a perm in her hair. She couldn't compete with the wifeable girls in school like Sade Fulton.
2014, Marcus Burke, Team Seven: A Novel, →ISBNSynonyms: wifey material, wife material
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenubile, worthy of being taken as a wife
Origin
From wife + -able. Compare boyfriendable.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
wifeable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wifeable
“wifeable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wifeable. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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