Thesaurus results for WOMEN

women

noun

plural of woman

as in ladies

an adult female human being the first woman to become governor of the state

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a female romantic companion wanted to give his woman all the finer things in life

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as in wives

chiefly dialect a female partner in a marriage treated his woman to dinner at a five-star restaurant for their fifteenth wedding anniversary

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Recent Examples of women That a self-image forged in the crucible of the fear of being ugly makes women amputate their talents? — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 For many of these women, there's no senior circuit for ring girls. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Routine screening guidelines generally do not apply to women under 40, and studies indicate approximately 80% of young women diagnosed with breast cancer initially detect the abnormality themselves. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The anonymous profile follows Combs’ children, longtime family friends who are not public figures, and women romantically linked to Combs. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026 The charges pertain to allegations made by six women, spanning a decade from 1999 to 2009. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The organization points to younger women being more likely to carry certain risk factors, including excess body weight, having fewer children or having a first child after age 30. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026 The archaic legal restrictions restricting same-sex couples or unmarried women, for example, are acknowledged and adhered to, rather than being openly challenged or criticized. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 At Lumalia Emmy Armstrong’s Holy Rage Retreats in the Oregon woods near Portland, small groups of women gather among the trees, expressing themselves through sound and movement. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Griffith soon began courting 22-year-old Christina Mesmer, nicknamed Tina, who was considered one of the city’s most eligible young ladies.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
His friends—these would have been the idle ladies of Moscow society, Countess Khomyakova and Princess Tuchkova and Countess Orlova and others in their circle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of ladies

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Both players, arrested in the offseason on charges tied to domestic abuse involving their girlfriends, remain the subjects of ongoing league investigations.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
There was a coordinated social media effort by the NFL to allow some of the league’s star quarterbacks — namely Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow and Jaxson Dart — to have their popular girlfriends canoodling with them at preseason practices.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of girlfriends

Noun

With her immense popularity, Swift has drawn more viewers to the sport, and the NFL is trying to replicate that success with other star players’ wives and girlfriends.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of wives

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Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek, a two-time Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair basketball, has publicly opposed male athletes competing against females.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The males die after a hookup; the females return to Lake Erie to lay their eggs.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of females

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Nearly 1 in 5 middle and high school girls reported seriously considering harming themselves in a 2023-24 survey.

— Leondra Head, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
He was convicted in June of one count of rape, four counts of gross indecency and 13 indecent assault charges involving two girls between 1985 and 2008.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026