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
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Forms of woman
as a noun
- plural
- women