Woman definition

Woman as a noun

1. an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

   "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

   Same sense: adult female

2. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

   "he was faithful to his woman"

3. women as a class

   "it's an insult to American womanhood"

   Same sense: fair sex, womanhood

4. a woman who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

   Same sense: military woman, servicewoman

Synonyms and antonyms

• adult female
• fair sex
• womanhood
• military woman
• servicewoman

Opposite: man.

All synonyms of woman, sense by sense

How to say woman

Woman has 2 syllables and rhymes with spokeswoman. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with woman

• spokeswoman
• businesswoman
• congresswoman
• chairwoman
• policewoman
• councilwoman
• superwoman
• saleswoman
• assemblywoman
• noblewoman
• gentlewoman

WOMAN in word games

Scrabble

10

Words With Friends

12

Anagrams

0

Is WOMAN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check WOMAN in the word checker, or unscramble WOMAN to see the shorter words in its letters.