feminine
English Thesaurus
1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | gender, grammatical gender, |
| definition | : | a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness (noun.communication) |
2. associated with women and not with men (adj.all)
| similar | : | fair, |
| definition | : | attractively feminine (adj.all) |
| similar | : | distaff, female, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or peculiar to a woman (adj.all) |
| similar | : | maidenlike, maidenly, |
| definition | : | befitting or characteristic of a maiden (adj.all) |
| similar | : | powder-puff, |
| definition | : | used of competitive activities in which only women take part (adj.all) |
| also | : | female, |
| definition | : | being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop (adj.all) |
| also | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
3. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman (adj.all)
| similar | : | matronly, |
| definition | : | befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman (adj.all) |
| similar | : | womanlike, |
| definition | : | resembling a woman (adj.all) |
4. of grammatical gender (adj.all)
| also | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | associated with women and not with men (adj.all) |
5. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable (adj.all)
| similar | : | unstressed, |
| definition | : | not bearing a stress or accent (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | music, |
| definition | : | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication) |
6. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
7. associated with women and not with men (adj.all)
| antonym | : | masculine, |
| definition | : | associated with men and not with women (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | femininity, muliebrity, |
| definition | : | the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | femaleness, feminineness, |
| definition | : | the properties characteristic of the female sex (noun.attribute) |
8. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman (adj.all)
| antonym | : | unwomanly, |
| definition | : | not womanly (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | womanlike, womanliness, |
| definition | : | the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | femaleness, feminineness, |
| definition | : | the properties characteristic of the female sex (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | adult female, woman, |
| definition | : | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) (noun.person) |
9. of grammatical gender (adj.all)
| antonym | : | masculine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | neuter, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female (noun.communication) |
10. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
11. associated with women and not with men (adj.all)
| antonym | : | masculine, |
| definition | : | associated with men and not with women (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | femininity, muliebrity, |
| definition | : | the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | femaleness, feminineness, |
| definition | : | the properties characteristic of the female sex (noun.attribute) |
12. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman (adj.all)
| antonym | : | unwomanly, |
| definition | : | not womanly (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | womanlike, womanliness, |
| definition | : | the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | femaleness, feminineness, |
| definition | : | the properties characteristic of the female sex (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | adult female, woman, |
| definition | : | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) (noun.person) |
13. of grammatical gender (adj.all)
| antonym | : | masculine, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | neuter, |
| definition | : | of grammatical gender (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | feminine, |
| definition | : | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female (noun.communication) |
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