Another word for feminine
feminine
modif.
Belonging to the feminine sex
Having qualities stereotypically associated with women
soft, womanly, delicate, gentle, ladylike, female, matronly, maidenly, sensitive, tender, womanish, graceful, changeable, fair, fluttering, shy, yielding, passive, vixenish, effeminate, unmanly; see also dainty 1, refined 2, womanly.
feminine refers to qualities, other than those basically biological, thought to be characteristic of or suitable to women, as delicacy, gentleness, etc.; female is the basic term applied to members of the sex that is biologically distinguished from the male sex and is used of animals or plants as well as of human beings; womanly suggests the generally desirable qualities one associates with a woman, esp. one who has maturity of character; womanish, in contrast, suggests weaknesses and faults that are sometimes regarded as characteristic of women; effeminate, used chiefly in reference to a man, implies delicacy, softness, or lack of virility; ladylike refers to manners, conduct, etc. such as are expected from a refined or well-bred woman
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Another word for feminine
Of, relating to, or characteristic of women:
distaff, female, womanish, womanly. See genderHaving qualities more appropriate to women than to men:
effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissyish, unmanly, womanish. See gender
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