/ Dictionary / Index O oldwife: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: old•wife Pronunciation: (old'wīf"), [key] — pl. -wives. any of various fishes, as the alewife, the menhaden, or a West Indian fish of the family Balistidae. See Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: oldwife (Thesaurus) Old West Old Wives' summer Related Content Daily Word Quiz: philtrum Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language