English > woman: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | An adult female person (as opposed to a man). |
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| Example | "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
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| Synonym | adult female |
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| Instances | Eve | (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology |
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| Parts | adult female body, woman's body | The body of an adult woman |
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| Narrower | B-girl, bar girl | A woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers |
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| Cinderella | A woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition |
| Wac | A member of the Women's Army Corps |
| Wave | A member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy |
| amazon, virago | A large strong and aggressive woman |
| bachelor girl, bachelorette | A young unmarried woman who lives alone |
| baggage | A worthless or immoral woman |
| ball-buster, ball-breaker | A demanding woman who destroys men's confidence |
| bluestocking, bas bleu | A woman having literary or intellectual interests |
| bridesmaid, maid of honor | An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding |
| broad | slang term for a woman |
| cat | A spiteful woman gossip |
| coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser | A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
| dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman | A woman of refinement |
| debutante, deb | A young woman making her debut into society |
| divorcee, grass widow | A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband |
| dominatrix | A dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) |
| donna | An Italian woman of rank |
| enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale | A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive |
| ex-wife, ex | A woman who was formerly a particular man's wife |
| eyeful | A strikingly beautiful woman |
| geisha, geisha girl | A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing |
| girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille | A young woman |
| girl | A friendly informal reference to a grown woman |
| girlfriend, girl, lady friend | A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved |
| girlfriend | Any female friend |
| gold digger | A woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement |
| gravida | A pregnant woman |
| heroine | A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds |
| inamorata | A woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate / intimate relationship |
| jezebel | A shameless impudent scheming woman |
| jilt | A woman who jilts a lover |
| lady | A polite name for any woman |
| maenad | (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus |
| maenad | An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman |
| matriarch, materfamilias | A female head of a family or tribe |
| matriarch | A feisty older woman with a big bosom / bosom (as drawn in cartoons) |
| matron | A woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution |
| mestiza | A woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
| mistress, kept woman, fancy woman | An adulterous / adulterous woman |
| mother figure | A woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother |
| nanny, nursemaid, nurse | A woman who is the custodian of children |
| nullipara | (obstetrics) a woman who has never / never give birth to a child |
| nymph, houri | A voluptuously beautiful young woman |
| nymphet | A sexually attractive young woman |
| old woman | A woman who is old |
| prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street | A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| shiksa, shikse | A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women |
| smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish | A very attractive or seductive looking woman |
| sylph | A slender graceful young woman |
| unmarried woman | A woman who is not married |
| vestal | A chaste woman |
| white woman | A woman who is White |
| widow, widow woman | A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried |
| wife, married woman | A married woman |
| wonder woman | A woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time |
| Broader | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
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| female, female person | A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies |
| Opposite | man, adult male | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
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| Spanish | hembra adulta, mujer |
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| Catalan | dona, muller |
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| Adjectives | womanly | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman |
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| Nouns | womanhood | the status of a woman |
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| womanhood | women as a class |
| womanhood | the state of being an adult woman |
| Verbs | womanise | have amorous affairs |
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| womanize | to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to |
