female - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

Synonyms

• female

More generic

• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature
• fauna

Opposite / Antonyms

• male

More specific

• dam
• female mammal
• filly
• hen

Noun

a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

Synonyms

• female
• female person

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

Opposite / Antonyms

• male

More specific

• adult female
• female child
• female offspring
• foster sister
• foster-sister
• girl
• girl wonder
• little girl
• woman

Related

• female body

Adjective

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

Synonyms

• female

Related

• egg-producing
• female
• pistillate
• young-bearing

Opposite / Antonyms

• androgynous
• male

Also See

• feminine

Adjective

for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

Synonyms

• female

Related

• female

Adjective

characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

Synonyms

• distaff
• female

Related

• feminine

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