FEMALE Synonyms
There are 24 hypernyms of the word female. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FEMALE
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female person | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | ||||||||
dame | nounn | |||||||
noun • informal terms for a (young) woman • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
damsel | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a young unmarried woman | ||||||||
gal | nounn | |||||||
noun • United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters • a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) • alliterative term for girl (or woman) | ||||||||
gentlewoman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
girl | nounn | |||||||
noun • a young female • a youthful female person • a female human offspring • a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved • a friendly informal reference to a grown woman | ||||||||
lady | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman of the peerage in Britain • a polite name for any woman • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
lass | nounn | |||||||
noun • a girl or young woman who is unmarried | ||||||||
madam | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman of refinement • a woman who runs a house of prostitution | ||||||||
maiden | nounn | |||||||
noun • an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) • (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored adjective satellite • serving to set in motion | ||||||||
matron | nounn | |||||||
noun • a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified • a wardress in a prison • a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution | ||||||||
miss | verb, adverb, nounv, adv, n | |||||||
noun • a form of address for an unmarried woman • a young female • a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) verb • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind • feel or suffer from the lack of • fail to attend an event or activity • leave undone or leave out • fail to reach or get to • be without • fail to reach • be absent • fail to experience | ||||||||
woman | nounn | |||||||
noun • an adult female person (as opposed to a man) • a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man • a human female employed to do housework • women as a class | ||||||||
femme | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl. • A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch. • A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person. adjective • (entertainment) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female. • Effeminate (of a man). • Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman. | ||||||||
distaff | nounn | |||||||
noun • the sphere of work by women • the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning adjective satellite • characteristic of or peculiar to a woman | ||||||||
feminine | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • associated with women and not with men • female (of grammatical gender) • befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman noun • a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female adjective satellite • (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable | ||||||||
socket | nounn | |||||||
noun • a bony hollow into which a structure fits • receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted • a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted | ||||||||
womanly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman |