Dictionary entry details
• WOMAN (noun)
Meaning:
An adult female person (as opposed to a man)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
adult female; woman
Context example:
the woman kept house while the man hunted
Hypernyms ("woman" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
female; female person (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
Meronyms (parts of "woman"):
adult female body; woman's body (the body of an adult woman)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woman"):
nanny; nurse; nursemaid (a woman who is the custodian of children)
mother figure (a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother)
fancy woman; kept woman; mistress (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)
mestiza (a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry))
head nurse; matron (a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution)
matriarch (a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons))
materfamilias; matriarch (a female head of a family or tribe)
maenad (an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman)
lady (a polite name for any woman)
jilt (a woman who jilts a lover)
jezebel (a shameless impudent scheming woman)
inamorata (a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship)
heroine (a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds)
nullipara ((obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child)
houri; nymph (a voluptuously beautiful young woman)
wonder woman (a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time)
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
widow; widow woman (a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried)
Wave (a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch)
Wac (a member of the Women's Army Corps)
vestal (a chaste woman)
unmarried woman (a woman who is not married)
sylph (a slender graceful young woman)
beauty; dish; knockout; looker; lulu; mantrap; peach; ravisher; smasher; stunner; sweetheart (a very attractive or seductive looking woman)
shiksa; shikse (a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women)
bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
old woman (a woman who is old)
nymphet (a sexually attractive young woman)
gravida (a pregnant woman)
gold digger (a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement)
girlfriend (any female friend)
broad (slang term for a woman)
bridesmaid; maid of honor (an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding)
bas bleu; bluestocking (a woman having literary or intellectual interests)
B-girl; bar girl (a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers)
ball-breaker; ball-buster (a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence)
baggage (a worthless or immoral woman)
bachelor girl; bachelorette (a young unmarried woman who lives alone)
maenad ((Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus)
amazon; virago (a large strong and aggressive woman)
yellow woman (offensive term for an Oriental woman)
white woman (a woman who is White)
Black woman (a woman who is Black)
cat (a spiteful woman gossip)
Cinderella (a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition)
coquette; flirt; minx; prickteaser; tease; vamp; vamper (a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men)
girl; girlfriend; lady friend (a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved)
girl (a friendly informal reference to a grown woman)
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young woman)
geisha; geisha girl (a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing)
eyeful (a strikingly beautiful woman)
Delilah; enchantress; femme fatale; siren; temptress (a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive)
donna (an Italian woman of rank)
dominatrix (a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship))
ex; exwife (a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife)
divorcee; grass widow (a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband)
deb; debutante (a young woman making her debut into society)
dame; gentlewoman; lady; ma'am; madam (a woman of refinement)
Instance hyponyms:
Eve ((Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden)
Antonym:
man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
Meaning:
Women as a class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
fair sex; woman; womanhood
Context examples:
it's an insult to American womanhood / woman is the glory of creation / the fair sex gathered on the veranda
Hypernyms ("woman" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class (people having the same social or economic status)
Holonyms ("woman" is a member of...):
womankind (women as distinguished from men)
Meaning:
A human female who does housework
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cleaning woman; cleaning lady; charwoman; char; woman
Context example:
the char will clean the carpet
Hypernyms ("woman" is a kind of...):
cleaner (someone whose occupation is cleaning)
Meaning:
A female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he was faithful to his woman
Hypernyms ("woman" is a kind of...):
female; female person (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Antonym:
man (a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman)
