Synonyms for féminine
ˈfɛm ə nɪnféminine

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1. feminineadjective

   Synonyms:
   womanly, caring, ladylike, nurturing, female

   Antonyms:
   manly, masculine, butch, male

2. feminineadjective

   Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly.

   Synonyms:
   womanly, caring, nurturing, ladylike, female

   Antonyms:
   manly, male, butch, masculine

3. feminineadjective

   A woman.

   Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.

   Synonyms:
   female, caring, nurturing, womanly, ladylike

   Antonyms:
   masculine, manly, butch, male

4. feminineadjective

   Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.

   There are but few true feminines in English — Latham

   Synonyms:
   ladylike, womanly, nurturing, female, caring

   Antonyms:
   butch, manly, male, masculine

5. feminineadjective

   Grammatical gender distinction in languages that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender.

   Synonyms:
   womanly, nurturing, ladylike, caring, female

   Antonyms:
   male, masculine, butch, manly

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1. feminine

   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, female, womanish, womanly

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1. feminine

   Synonyms:
   delicate, womanly, tender, modest, soft

   Antonyms:
   robust, manly, indelicate, rude, rough, unfeminine

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1. feminineadjective

   a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

   Antonyms:
   accented, butch, neuter, manly, virile, macho, manful, masculine, manlike, mannish, male, stressed

2. feminineadjective

   associated with women and not with men

   "feminine intuition"

   Synonyms:
   womanly

   Antonyms:
   neuter, manly, masculine, virile, macho, stressed, manlike, butch, accented, male, manful, mannish

3. feminineadjective

   of grammatical gender

   Synonyms:
   womanly

   Antonyms:
   male, accented, masculine, stressed, manlike, manly, virile, mannish, butch, manful, neuter, macho

4. womanly, feminineadjective

   befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

   "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

   Synonyms:
   feminine, womanly

   Antonyms:
   virile, neuter, mannish, macho, manlike, manful, male, stressed, masculine, manly, accented, butch

5. feminineadjective

   (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable

   "a feminine ending"

   Synonyms:
   womanly

   Antonyms:
   mannish, stressed, virile, male, neuter, masculine, manlike, manful, accented, butch, macho, manly

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1. feminineadjective

   Synonyms:
   soft, tender, delicate, WOMANLY

2. feminineadjective

   Synonyms:
   effeminate, unmanly

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1. List of paraphrases for "feminine":

   female, féminine

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1. Taylor Swift:

   The Dixie Chicks were making such interesting music and doing The Dixie Chicks in such an unapologetically feminine, imaginative way, i was very inspired by the album' Fly' and the aesthetics, because it was very clear they had really put a lot into the artwork.

2. Henry Louis Mencken:

   A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.

3. Jessica Lauppe-Guy:

   It’s super feminine with sheer and mesh details and eyelash lace that is used traditionally in lingerie.

4. Rachel Zoe:

   I really love Warrior. It’s the perfect masculine yet feminine fragrance, that’s subtle but notable, i have also collected some really beautiful scents by Tom Ford. My favorite is Santal Blush, I’ve worn it forever.

5. Caroline Heldman:

   Transgender people expose the fallacy of the natural dichotomy of masculine/feminine, caitlyn’s transformation makes me so happy on one level, but on another level, it reifies socially constructed and damaging gender roles.