 The term trophy husband is the male equivalent, although this is rarer.It can also be used to imply that the trophy wife in question has little personal merit besides her physical attractiveness, requires substantial expense for maintaining her appearance, is often unintelligent or unsophisticated, does very little of substance beyond remaining attractive, and is in some ways synonymous with the term gold digger.A trophy wife is (relatively) young and attractive - she may be a second, third or later wife of an older, wealthier man.