Synonyms for female
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Feminine
womanly, womanlike, ladylike; see feminine 2.
Belonging to the female sex
oviparous, reproductive, fertile, childbearing, pistillate, pistil-bearing, of the female gender, distaff, ""more deadly than the male,'' she*.
Antonyms masculine, male*, staminate.
See female in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
female feminine womanlike womanly womanish effeminate ladylike
These adjectives mean of or characteristic of women. Female categorizes any living thing by gender or sex: the female population; a female kitten; a female plant.
Feminine refers to what is considered characteristic of women: feminine intuition.
Womanlike applies to qualities of a woman: womanlike resolve.
Womanly describes qualities regarded as becoming to a woman: womanly sympathy.
Womanish suggests qualities associated with or suggestive of women: womanish attitudes.
Effeminate applies to men who exhibit attributes traditionally associated with women: an effeminate actor.
Ladylike applies to what is regarded as befitting refined or well-mannered women: ladylike manners.
See female in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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