Woman

Quick meaning: Woman is a noun meaning An adult female human.

Meaning

An adult female human.

More Meanings

1. (collective) All female humans collectively; womankind.
2. A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
3. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
4. A female person who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
5. A female attendant or servant.
6. To staff with female labor.
7. (transitive) To make effeminate or womanish.

Example Sentences

the first woman president of Spain

Cause I'm every woman / It's all in me

During World War II, many women worked as blacksmiths in the shipbuilding industry and found they liked the challenging, independent work.

But of course Britain since 1979 has had a woman prime minister, while no woman has ever come near to being president of the United States.

Word Forms

• women
• womxn
• womyn
• womin
• wommon
• womon
• womans
• womens
• womaning
• womanning
• womaned
• womanned

Synonyms for woman

Depending on context, synonyms include lady, female, babe, baggage, bint, bird.

Antonyms for woman

Common opposites include man, girl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include girl, gal, maiden, damsel, female, lady.

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