Synonyms for womanhood
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Femininity
femininity, woman, fair sex vulgar dated
2. Womanliness — the idealized nature of a woman, all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness…
Other
womankind, sisterhood, muliebrity formal, feminality, femineity, femalehood
Definitions
- n. 1
The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.
- n. 2
The state or condition of being a woman.
She was a vigorous youth poised on the brink of womanhood.
Forms
- Plural
- womanhoods → femininities, women, womanlinesses, womanishnesses…
Example sentences
- femininity What's "femininity"? That word's not in my dictionary.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| womanhood | rising | |
| femininity | rising | |
| womanliness | rising | |
| womanishness | steady | |
| sisterhood | rising | |
| womankind | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- woman2
- 9 letters
- womankind, femineity
- 10 letters
- femininity5, sisterhood3, muliebrity, feminality, femalehood
- 11 letters
- womanliness
- 12 letters
- womanishness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (woman2 = 2 syllables).