WOMAN Synonyms
There are 30 hypernyms of the word woman. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for WOMAN
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female | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop noun • 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 adjective satellite • characteristic of or peculiar to a woman • for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls | ||||||||
lady | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman of the peerage in Britain • a polite name for any woman • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
womanhood | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being an adult woman • women as a class • the status of a woman | ||||||||
dame | nounn | |||||||
noun • informal terms for a (young) woman • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
femininity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
madwoman | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a woman lunatic | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
mistress | nounn | |||||||
noun • an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man • a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) • a woman master who directs the work of others | ||||||||
sister | nounn | |||||||
noun • a female person who has the same parents as another person • (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) • a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group | ||||||||
womankind | nounn | |||||||
noun • women as distinguished from men | ||||||||
female person | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | ||||||||
char | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a charred substance • a human female employed to do housework • any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus verb • burn to charcoal • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | ||||||||
charwoman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a human female employed to do housework | ||||||||
adult female | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an adult female person (as opposed to a man) | ||||||||
cleaning lady | nounn | |||||||
noun • a human female employed to do housework | ||||||||