other woman

American  

noun

1. a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.

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Etymology

Origin of other woman

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

I’m speaking out now because no other woman should have to go through what I did.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

They put us on a bus, along with one other woman, to transport us to Louisiana for our deportation flight.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

At the time, he denied the allegations and accused one woman of defaming him, and the other woman of illegally taking his cellphone after consenting to being recorded.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

They knelt before each other, woman before woman, and man before man, and washed and dried each other’s feet.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Related Words

• girlfriend
• paramour
• sweetheart