woman
[noun]
Synonyms: lady, female, girl

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English Thesaurus: woman, lady, girl, female, feminine, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Woman trademark
a British weekly magazine for women, especially popular with married women who have families

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wom‧an S1 W1 /ˈwʊmən/ noun (plural women /ˈwɪmɪn/)
[Word Family: noun: woman, womanhood, womankind, womanizer, womanizing, womanliness; adjective: womanly, womanish; verb: womanize]
[Language: Old English; Origin: wifman, from wif ( ⇒ wife) + man 'person']

1. FEMALE PERSON [countable] an adult female person:
I was talking to a woman I met on the flight.
married women
a popular women’s magazine
When a woman is pregnant, the levels of hormones in her body change.
woman priest/doctor etc (=a priest etc who is a woman)
Ireland’s first woman president
women artists

2. ANY WOMAN [singular] formal women in general:
A woman’s work is never done (=used to say that women have a lot to do).

3. businesswoman/spokeswoman etc a woman who has a particular kind of job:
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher

4. another woman/the other woman informal a woman that a man is having a sexual relationship with, even though he is married to someone else:
I’m sure he’s got another woman.

5. be your own woman to make your own decisions and be in charge of your own life, without depending on anyone else

6. PARTNER [singular] spoken a word meaning a wife or girlfriend, which many women find offensive:
Did he bring his new woman with him? ⇒ kept woman

7. FORM OF ADDRESS [uncountable] old-fashioned not polite a rude way of speaking to a woman when you are angry, annoyed etc

8. SERVANT [countable] a female servant or person who does cleaning work for you in your house ⇒ cleaner, daily help
⇒ old woman, ⇒ make an honest woman (out) of somebody at honest(8), ⇒ be a woman of the world at world¹(21)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

woman
noun
ADJ. young | middle-aged | elderly, old, older The thief tricked his way into an elderly woman's home. Older women often have difficulty conceiving.
adult, grown The little girl she remembered was now a grown woman.
married | single, unattached, unmarried | widowed | divorced | pregnant | childless | business (also businesswoman), career, professional, working | non-working | attractive, beautiful, good-looking, handsome, pretty | desirable | well-dressed | plain, ugly | motherly | hysterical | decent, good | evil, wicked | battered a hostel for battered women
the other Jean Menckes plays the president's wife and Fiona Handley plays the other woman (= the one the President is having an affair with).
VERB + WOMAN depict, portray, present, show We want to change the way women are depicted in the media.
limit, reduce Women are limited to the more poorly paid jobs. Women are reduced to merely playing a passive role.
PHRASES the position/role of women There were important changes in the position of women in society.
a woman of the world He saw her as a woman of the world who could offer him advice.
women's lib/liberation (becoming old-fashioned) The freedom to wear trousers became a symbol of women's liberation.
the women's movement, women's rights

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

woman a female adult person:
a young woman with dark brown hair
lady a polite word for a woman – used especially when you do not know the woman, or when the person you are talking to does not know the woman:
A glass of white wine please, for this lady here.
The young lady stood up and shook my hand.
girl a young female person – usually used about someone younger than about twenty:
a very pretty girl
teenage girls
female formal a woman – used especially when you are giving information about women, for example in formal surveys and reports:
Females account for 46% of Internet users.
feminine used about qualities that are considered to be typical of women:
You must not cry or show any other feminine weakness.
the ideal of feminine beauty
womanly behaving, dressing etc in a way that is thought to be typical of or suitable for a woman – used to show approval:
her womanly figure
the womanly virtues of compassion and patience
girly/girlie informal behaving or dressing in a way that is thought to be typical of young girls, or suitable for a girl – often used disapprovingly:
Stop being so girly! It's only a mouse!
a very girlie pink dress
effeminate disapproving a man who is effeminate looks or behaves like a woman:
His long blonde hair made him look rather effeminate.
a pale effeminate-looking young man

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