Synonyms: feminine
Definition: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
Similar words: 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
Synonyms: feminine
Definition: associated with women and not with men
Usage: feminine intuition
Similar words: fair
Definition: attractively feminine
Usage: the fair sex
Similar words: female, distaff
Definition: characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
Usage: female sensitiveness; female suffrage
Similar words: maidenlike, maidenly
Definition: befitting or characteristic of a maiden
Usage: a maidenly blush
Similar words: powder-puff
Definition: used of competitive activities in which only women take part
Usage: powder-puff baseball; a powder-puff football game
Definition: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
Usage: womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion
Similar words: matronly
Definition: befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman
Usage: her matronly figure
Similar words: womanlike
Definition: resembling a woman
Usage: a womanlike stone image
Synonyms: feminine
Definition: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
Usage: a feminine ending
Similar words: unstressed
Definition: not bearing a stress or accent
Usage: short vowels are unstressed