woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"adult female adult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies Black woman - a woman who is Black white woman - a woman who is White yellow woman - offensive term for an Asian woman amazon, virago - a large strong and aggressive woman maenad - (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus bachelor girl, bachelorette - a young unmarried woman who lives alone baggage - a worthless or immoral woman ball-breaker, ball-buster - a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence B-girl, bar girl - a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers bas bleu, bluestocking - a woman having literary or intellectual interests bridesmaid, maid of honor - an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding broad - slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch" cat - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" Cinderella - a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, vamper, tease - a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men gentlewoman, ma'am, madam, lady, dame - a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" deb, debutante - a young woman making her debut into society divorcee, grass widow - a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband ex-wife, ex - a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his exes live in Texas" dominatrix - a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) donna - an Italian woman of rank enchantress, femme fatale, temptress, Delilah, siren - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive eyeful - a strikingly beautiful woman; "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful" geisha, geisha girl - a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18" girl - a friendly informal reference to a grown woman; "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls" lady friend, girlfriend, girl - a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" girlfriend - any female friend; "Mary and her girlfriend organized the party" 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 gravida - a pregnant woman heroine - a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds inamorata - a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship jezebel - a shameless impudent scheming woman jilt - a woman who jilts a lover lady - a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me" maenad - an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman materfamilias, matriarch - a female head of a family or tribe matriarch - a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) matron - a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution mestiza - a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) kept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" | ||
2. | woman - a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies man - a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" | |
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cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning | |
4. | woman - women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"fair sex, womanhood social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" womankind - women as distinguished from men |