Views a wife as rock (6)
I believe the answer is:
seesaw
'rock' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'views a wife' is the wordplay.
'views' becomes 'sees' ('see' can be a synonym of 'view').
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'sees'+'a'+'w'='SEESAW'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for seesaw that I've seen before include "source of imbalance" , "wild mare" , "yo-yo" , "Alternate" , "Plank children play on" .)