Synonyms for female
ˈfi meɪlfe·male

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1. femaleadjective

   Synonyms:
   woman, feminine

2. femaleadjective

   Belonging or referring to the sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made), which in humans and many other species is the sex which produces eggs.

   Synonyms:
   woman, feminine

3. femaleadjective

   Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

   Synonyms:
   woman, feminine

4. femaleadjective

   Synonyms:
   socket

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1. female

   We apply female to the sex, feminine to the qualities, especially the finer physical or mental qualities that distinguish the female sex in the human family, or to the objects appropriate for or especially employed by them. A female voice is the voice of a woman; a feminine voice may belong to a man. Womanish denotes the undesirable, womanly the admirable or lovely qualities of woman. Womanly tears would suggest respect and sympathy, womanish tears a touch of contempt. The word effeminate is always used reproachfully, and only of men as possessing womanly traits such as are inconsistent with true manliness.

   See synonyms for MASCULINE.

   Synonyms:
   effeminate, feminine, womanish, womanly

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1. femalenoun

   an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

   Synonyms:
   female person

   Antonyms:
   male, male person, priapic, staminate, epicene, hermaphroditic, androgynous, gynandromorphic, unisex, pseudohermaphrodite, phallic, pseudohermaphroditic, gynandromorphous, hermaphrodite, masculine, young-begetting(a), intersexual, bisexual, antheral

2. female, female personadjective

   a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

   Synonyms:
   female person

   Antonyms:
   male, male person, hermaphroditic, priapic, pseudohermaphrodite, phallic, hermaphrodite, androgynous, antheral, epicene, unisex, gynandromorphic, staminate, young-begetting(a), pseudohermaphroditic, intersexual, masculine, gynandromorphous, bisexual

3. femaleadjective

   being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

   "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"

   Synonyms:
   distaff

   Antonyms:
   male, male person, pseudohermaphroditic, hermaphroditic, phallic, pseudohermaphrodite, young-begetting(a), masculine, gynandromorphous, staminate, unisex, bisexual, gynandromorphic, epicene, androgynous, priapic, antheral, hermaphrodite, intersexual

4. female, distaffadjective

   characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

   "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"

   Synonyms:
   distaff

   Antonyms:
   male, male person, unisex, bisexual, pseudohermaphroditic, priapic, pseudohermaphrodite, phallic, masculine, gynandromorphous, antheral, epicene, staminate, androgynous, hermaphrodite, young-begetting(a), intersexual, hermaphroditic, gynandromorphic

5. femaleadjective

   for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

   "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"

   Synonyms:
   distaff

   Antonyms:
   male, male person, pseudohermaphrodite, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, gynandromorphic, pseudohermaphroditic, priapic, androgynous, intersexual, gynandromorphous, epicene, staminate, masculine, bisexual, phallic, young-begetting(a), antheral, unisex

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Biology

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1. femaleadjective

   Synonyms:
   feminine, pistillate (Bot.)

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1. List of paraphrases for "female":

   women, females, woman, feminine, mutilation, wife, féminin, girls, girl, femmes, female-dominated

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1. List of known nicknames for "Female":

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1. Scott Jennings:

   The main thing keeping an anvil on Trump's head in terms of job approval all this four years has been women. President Donald Trump does fine among men, but women have never given President Donald Trump high marks, and I can not imagine President Donald Trump did anything tonight that any female viewer who was thinking about supporting President Donald Trump would have appreciated.

2. Officer Ryan Sidders:

   We saw a female exit the car, run to the passenger rear door and appear to be in some distress.

3. Rick Shine:

   Our study shows that keeping calm is the key. The snake is not attacking you, he just thinks that you may be a female snake. And once he works out that's not the case, he'll wander off to look for love elsewhere.

4. Rao Gupta:

   Determining the magnitude of female genital mutilation is essential to eliminating the practice, when governments collect and publish national statistics on FGM they are better placed to understand the extent of the issue and accelerate efforts to protect the rights of millions of girls and women.

5. Sharmila Tagore:

   These were amazing female roles.