female

female

adjective

Definition of FEMALE

of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women <female standards of housekeeping imposed by the women at the vacation cottage weren't especially popular with the men>

Synonyms female, womanish, womanlike, womanly

Related Words girlie (or girly), girlish; effeminate, effete, epicene, sissified, sissy, unmanly; ladylike; distaff, petticoat; ultrafeminine

Near Antonyms boyish, hoydenish, tomboyish; male, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile; androgynous, neuter; Amazonian, butch; hairy-chested, hypermasculine, macho

Antonyms unfeminine, unwomanly