woman

noun

wom·an ˈwu̇-mən

especially Southern

ˈwō-

ˈwə-

plural women ˈwi-mən

Synonyms of woman next

: an adult female person

: a woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)

—usually used in combination

councilwoman

: womankind

: distinctively feminine nature : womanliness

: a woman who is a servant or personal attendant

chiefly dialectal : wife

: mistress

: girlfriend sense 2

: a woman who is extremely fond of or devoted to something specified

I'm a chocolate woman through and through, but one bite of West's banana pudding cupcake and I was sold.—

Hattie Brown Garrow

woman adjective

womanless

ˈwu̇-mən-ləs

especially Southern ˈwō-

or ˈwə-

adjective

Examples of woman in a Sentence

She grew up to become a confident and beautiful woman. She is a grown woman. The store sells shoes for both men and women.

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Arizona voters don't shy away from female candidates, but will Americans ever put a woman in the White House? —

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