woman; adult female




an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

"the woman kept house while the man hunted"

Antonym:
  • man; adult male

Type of:
  • female; female person
  • adult; grownup

Types:
  • Black woman
  • white woman
  • yellow woman
  • amazon; virago
  • maenad
  • bachelor girl; bachelorette
  • baggage
  • ball-buster; ball-breaker
  • B-girl; bar girl
  • bluestocking; bas bleu
  • bridesmaid; maid of honor
  • broad
  • cat
  • Cinderella
  • coquette; flirt; vamp; vamper; minx; tease; prickteaser
  • dame; madam; ma'am; lady; gentlewoman
  • debutante; deb
  • divorcee; grass widow
  • ex-wife; ex
  • dominatrix
  • donna
  • enchantress; temptress; siren; Delilah; femme fatale
  • eyeful
  • geisha; geisha girl
  • girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman; fille
  • girl
  • girlfriend; girl; lady friend
  • girlfriend
  • gold digger
  • gravida
  • heroine
  • inamorata
  • jezebel
  • jilt
  • lady
  • maenad
  • matriarch; materfamilias
  • matriarch
  • matron
  • mestiza
  • mistress; kept woman; fancy woman
  • mother figure
  • nanny; nursemaid; nurse
  • nullipara
  • nymph; houri
  • nymphet
  • old woman
  • prostitute; cocotte; whore; harlot; bawd; tart; cyprian; fancy woman; working girl; sporting lady; lady of pleasure; woman of the street
  • shiksa; shikse
  • smasher; stunner; knockout; beauty; ravisher; sweetheart; peach; lulu; looker; mantrap; dish
  • sylph
  • unmarried woman
  • vestal
  • Wac
  • Wave
  • widow; widow woman
  • wife; married woman
  • wonder woman


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