Synonyms for woman
Another word for woman is adult female, fair sex or womanhood. Below are 5 synonyms and 22 related words across 4 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: womaned, womaning, womans.
1. noun: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
- adult female
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2. noun: a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
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3. noun: women as a class
- fair sex
- womanhood
4. noun: a woman who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- military woman
- servicewoman
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- girl synonyms
- wife
- miss synonyms
- old woman
- city girl
- city woman
- company woman
- government woman
- water girl
- point woman
- white woman
- service woman
- working girl synonyms
- party woman
- working woman
- female synonyms
- female person
- class synonyms
- social class
- socio-economic class
- stratum
- military personnel
Woman in word games
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Questions people ask
What is another word for woman?
You can say adult female, fair sex, womanhood, military woman or servicewoman instead of woman. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "an adult female person (as opposed to a man)".
What is the opposite of woman?
The opposite of woman is man.
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Senses and synonyms from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0); the most common words come first. Browse more on the synonyms and antonyms hub.