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woman

/ˈwʊmən/noun2 syllables

Woman means: women as a class.

Synonyms for woman5

noun, as in women as a class

womanhood, fair sex

noun, as in a woman who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

servicewoman, military woman

noun, as in an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

adult female

Opposites of woman

What does woman mean?4

noun

1

women as a class“it's an insult to American womanhood”

2

a woman who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

3

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)“the woman kept house while the man hunted”

4

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”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Woman in a sentence

  • Every time the woman teacher passed the school yard, someone gave her the razz.unknown
  • A woman was hurt in the accident, and her two daughters were too.unknown
  • Even though she rushed, the elderly woman missed the last train.mccarras
  • The clerk nodded, so the woman wrote a check and handed it over.CM
  • Generally speaking, a woman will live longer than a man.CK
  • She obviously thought she was a good woman, but...unknown
  • The woman tried on one hat after another, then left the hat shop.CM
  • Even though she is a woman, she can lift this barbell.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of woman

as a noun

plural
women