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Synonyms for woman

26 synonyms
3 antonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

lady lass human being adult

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Womanhood

womanhood, fair sex vulgar dated

2. Lady

lady, wife UK, lass, matron, femme, madame, donna, frau, frow, dame slang dated US, femininity dated, squaw vulgar, broad slang dated US

Other

female, adult, he, human, human being, mort dated UK, mulier dated, feme rare, servicewoman rare, blone slang informal, covess dated UK

Antonyms

All antonyms of woman →

Definitions

n. 1
An adult female human.
the first woman president of Spain
n. 2
All female humans collectively; womankind.

Related words

Word family: woman-born-woman womance womanchild womanface woman-fashion womanfriend womanhating womanhood
Phrases: old woman loose woman promiscuous woman trans woman beautiful woman cis woman cleaning woman kept woman
Is a kind of: man human female person

Forms

Plural: women → womanhoods, ladies, lasses, matrons…

Example sentences

lady You should know better than to ask a lady her age.
lass The lass is at the window, because the sun is very hot today.
adult An adult tooth came in right next to a baby tooth.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
woman		rising
lady		rising
lass		rising
adult		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters: he¹
4 letters: wife¹, lady², dame¹, lass¹, frau¹, mort¹, frow, feme
5 letters: human², adult², broad¹, donna², femme¹, squaw, blone
6 letters: female², madame², matron², mulier, covess
9 letters: womanhood³
10 letters: femininity⁵
12 letters: servicewoman

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lady² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: femme
Italiano: donna
Español: mujer
Deutsch: Frau
Català: dona