Word

woman, n.
(women)
freq. cnt. 144

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

adult female woman

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

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a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

woman

sample sentences

"he was faithful to his woman"

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

womanize womanise

semantic pointers

domain of synset (usage)

hypernym

female, female person

women as a class
<noun.group>

fair sex woman womanhood

sample sentences

"it's an insult to American womanhood"
"woman is the glory of creation"
"the fair sex gathered on the veranda"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

womanhood womanhood

semantic pointers

hypernym

class, social class, stratum, socio-economic class

member holonym

a human female employed to do housework
<noun.person>

char charwoman cleaning lady cleaning woman woman

sample sentences

"the char will clean the carpet"
"I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

semantic pointers

hypernym