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Another word for female

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female

modif.

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.

female Synonyms

female

n.

woman, lady, girl; see woman See syn. study at woman.

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Another word for female

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of women:

distaff, feminine, womanish, womanly. See gender

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A friendly female voice answered.
The human was a female, and a young one.
I haven't had any female company in months.
"Sofia!" a female voice cried.
"What have you done to my hair?" the female voice asked.

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