Synset

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 143 freq. cnt.: 143

sample sentences

"the woman kept house while the man hunted"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

womanly womanhood womanhood womanhood womanize womanise

antonym

semantic pointers

part meronym

adult female body, woman's body

instance hyponym

hypernym

adult, grownup female, female person

hyponym

white 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 lady, madam, ma'am, dame, gentlewoman debutante, deb divorcee, grass widow ex-wife, ex dominatrix donna enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale eyeful geisha, geisha girl girl, young woman, miss, young lady, missy, fille girl girl, girlfriend, lady friend girlfriend gold digger gravida heroine inamorata jezebel jilt lady maenad matriarch, materfamilias matriarch matron mestiza mistress, kept woman, fancy woman mother figure nurse, nanny, nursemaid nullipara nymph, houri nymphet old woman whore, prostitute, cocotte, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street shiksa, shikse beauty, mantrap, smasher, stunner, knockout, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, dish sylph unmarried woman vestal Wac Wave widow, widow woman wife, married woman wonder woman