GENTLEWOMAN Synonyms

• a woman of the peerage in Britain

• a polite name for any woman

• a woman of refinement

• a woman of refinement

• a woman who runs a house of prostitution

• a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

• an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

• a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

• characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

• for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

• an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

• (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

• serving to set in motion

• 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

• a form of address for an unmarried woman

• a young female

• a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

• 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

• 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

• a woman of refinement