as in feminine
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
the composer's new music calls for female voices
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Recent Examples of female
City News Service, Daily News, 29 May 2026
Hester referred to Suski signing onto a friend of the court brief in support of a suit challenging West Virginia's law banning transgender girls from competing on female high school or college teams.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026
Eva Flowe
june 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
After separating the males from the females, which is a very slow process, the sterile males would be released into the wild.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
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Adjective
Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation wrote on social media that a female lion kitten believed to be under a year old was struck by a vehicle on Mulholland Drive, east of the San Diego (405) Freeway.
—City News Service, Daily News, 29 May 2026
Hester referred to Suski signing onto a friend of the court brief in support of a suit challenging West Virginia's law banning transgender girls from competing on female high school or college teams.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026
Noun
The female can have a 4-inch leg span.
—Eva Flowe
june 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
After separating the males from the females, which is a very slow process, the sterile males would be released into the wild.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for female
Adjective
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Sybil, who spent her younger years beleaguered by the presence of her double, that emblem of feminine conformity named Désirée, never manages to perceive herself as anything but abnormal by comparison.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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But when Cox was bullied by her peers for acting too feminine, her teachers and mother blamed the abuse on her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Additionally, the billowy skirt is the perfect length, even on a long-legged lady like me.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
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My office is six milk crates with a board on top of them in the corner of my kitchen, and this lady has a whole squat rack on her second floor with its own shower?—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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The ancient tile game of Mahjong is making a major comeback in the United States, and for a group of local women, the surge in popularity is good news for their brains.—
Lauren Pastrana,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Now, 11 years after the first Ni Una Menos protest created a collective consciousness about what would come to be known as femicide — the killing of women and girls because of their gender — the nation is convulsing with anger once again.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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“Female.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/female. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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