· an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
Synonym(s): adult_female
Hypernym(s): female, female_person, adult, grownup
Antonym(s): man
· a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"
Hypernym(s): female, female_person
Antonym(s): man
· a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
Synonym(s): charwoman, char, cleaning_woman, cleaning_lady
Hypernym(s): cleaner
· women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"
Synonym(s): womanhood, fair_sex
Hypernym(s): class, stratum, social_class, socio-economic_class