Another word for female
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Adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of women
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of women, often in showing qualities traditionally attributed to women:
- Fully developed as a woman, as in having a curvaceous figure:
- Of, characteristic of, or suitable to a woman, especially when considered inferior to a man:
- Imitative or suggestive of a woman rather than a man:
- Of or relating to women or girls.
- Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to women, such as demureness.
- Effeminate; womanish.
- A staff that holds on its cleft end the unspun flax, wool, or tow from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
- An attachment for a spinning wheel that serves this purpose.
- Work and concerns traditionally considered important to women.
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Another word for female
Modifier
Feminine
- Characteristic of a well-mannered woman or girl who adheres to traditional norms of propriety and femininity:
- Appropriate to such a woman or girl, as in being restrained or delicate:
- like or fit for a woman; womanly
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of women, often in showing qualities traditionally attributed to women:
- Fully developed as a woman, as in having a curvaceous figure:
See also:Belonging to the female sex
- Used to refer to the female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
- Used to refer to a person whose gender is unspecified or unknown.
- Used in place of it to refer to certain inanimate things, such as ships and nations, traditionally perceived as female:
- A staff that holds on its cleft end the unspun flax, wool, or tow from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
- An attachment for a spinning wheel that serves this purpose.
- Work and concerns traditionally considered important to women.
- Having pistils but no stamens:
- The human act or process of giving birth; parturition.
- Capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.
- Capable of growing and developing; able to mature:
- Bearing functional reproductive structures such as seeds or fruit or material such as spores or pollen.
- Of, relating to, or capable of reproduction:
- A reproductive organism, especially a sexually mature social insect.
- Producing eggs that hatch outside the body.
Noun
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- A female child.
- A daughter:
- A woman.
- A woman of high social standing or refinement, especially when viewed as dignified or well-mannered.
- A woman who is the head of a household:
- A woman, especially when spoken of or to in a polite way:
- An adult female human.
- Women considered as a group; womankind:
- An adult female human belonging to a specified occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination:
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