woman (n)
adult female (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
examples the woman kept house while the man hunted
Outgoing links
Hypernym female, female person; adult, grownup
Derivationally related form woman → womanly; woman → womanhood; woman → womanhood; woman → womanhood
Derivationally related form woman → womanize
Derivationally related form woman → womanise
Antonym woman → man
Part meronym adult female body, woman's body
Instance Hyponym Eve
Hyponym Black woman; white woman; yellow woman; amazon, virago; maenad; bachelor girl, bachelorette; baggage; ball-buster, ball-breaker; B-girl, bar girl; bluestocking, bas bleu; bridesmaid, maid of honor; broad; cat; Cinderella; coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser; dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman; debutante, deb; divorcee, grass widow; ex-wife, ex; dominatrix; donna; enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale; eyeful; geisha, geisha girl; girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille; girl; girlfriend, girl, lady friend; girlfriend; gold digger; gravida; heroine; inamorata; jezebel; jilt; lady; maenad; matriarch, materfamilias; matriarch; matron; mestiza; mistress, kept woman, fancy woman; mother figure; nanny, nursemaid, nurse; nullipara; nymph, houri; nymphet; old woman; prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street; shiksa, shikse; smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish; sylph; unmarried woman; vestal; Wac; Wave; widow, widow woman; wife, married woman; wonder woman
Incoming links
Derivationally related form womanly → woman; womanhood → woman; womanhood → woman; womanhood → woman
Part holonym adult female body, woman's body
Instance Hypernym Eve
Hyponym adult, grownup; female, female person
Hypernym Black woman; white woman; yellow woman; amazon, virago; maenad; bachelor girl, bachelorette; baggage; ball-buster, ball-breaker; B-girl, bar girl; bluestocking, bas bleu; bridesmaid, maid of honor; broad; cat; Cinderella; coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser; dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman; debutante, deb; divorcee, grass widow; ex-wife, ex; dominatrix; donna; enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale; eyeful; geisha, geisha girl; girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille; girl; girlfriend, girl, lady friend; girlfriend; gold digger; gravida; heroine; inamorata; jezebel; jilt; lady; maenad; matriarch, materfamilias; matriarch; matron; mestiza; mistress, kept woman, fancy woman; mother figure; nanny, nursemaid, nurse; nullipara; nymph, houri; nymphet; old woman; prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street; shiksa, shikse; smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish; sylph; unmarried woman; vestal; Wac; Wave; widow, widow woman; wife, married woman; wonder woman
Antonym man → woman
Derivationally related form womanize → woman
Derivationally related form womanise → woman

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