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woman

Noun

An adult female person (as opposed to a man) (synset 110807146)
"the woman kept house while the man hunted"
is a type of:
- adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
- female, female person - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
subtypes:
- white woman - a woman who is White
- 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
- 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
- dame, gentlewoman, lady, ma'am, madam - a woman of refinement
- 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, ex-wife - a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
- dominatrix - a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)
- donna - an Italian woman of rank
- delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren, temptress - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- eyeful - a strikingly beautiful woman
- 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 female
- girl - a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
- girl, girlfriend, lady friend - a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
- girlfriend - any female friend
- 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
- 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)
- fancy woman, kept woman, mistress - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
- mother figure - a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother
- nanny, nurse, nursemaid - a woman who is the custodian of children
- nullipara - (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child
- houri, nymph - a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- nymphet - a sexually attractive young woman
- old woman - a woman who is old
- 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
- shiksa, shikse - a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women
- beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart - a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- sylph - a slender graceful young woman
- unmarried woman - a woman who is not married
- vestal - a chaste woman
- wac - a member of the Women's Army Corps
- 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
- widow, widow woman - a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
- wonder woman - a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time
specific instances: 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

has: adult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman

same as: adult female
A female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man (synset 110808492)
"he was faithful to his woman"

domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

is a type of: female, female person - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
A human female employed to do housework (synset 109930684)
"the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

is a type of: cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning

same as: char, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman
Women as a class (synset 108494645)
"it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"

is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational status

belongs to: womankind - women as distinguished from men

same as: fair sex, womanhood

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