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womanlike

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of womanlike

of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women

  • the photograph shows the silhouette of a full, womanlike figure framed against the backlight from an open farmhouse door
Synonyms of womanlike

female, feminine, womanish, womanly
Words Related to womanlike

girlie (or girly), girlish

effeminate, effete, epicene, sissified, sissy, unmanly

ladylike

distaff, petticoat

ultrafeminine
Near Antonyms of womanlike

boyish, hoydenish, tomboyish

male, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile

androgynous, neuter

Amazonian

butch

hairy-chested, hypermasculine, macho
Antonyms of womanlike

unfeminine, unwomanly

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