female
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
Types & categories
- animal hypernym
- hen hyponym
- dam hyponym
- female mammal hyponym
- filly hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
a female heir
Related & opposite
- feminine also see
- male antonym
- androgynous antonym
- sexuality attribute
- female derivation
- femaleness derivation
- biology domain topic
- female similar to
- egg-producinga similar to
- pistillate similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- female offspring hyponym
- female child hyponym
- foster-sister hyponym
- girl wonder hyponym
- woman hyponym
- woman hyponym
Parts & wholes
- female body part meronym
Related & opposite
- male person antonym
- distaff derivation
Sense 4 adjective
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
female sensitiveness
Related & opposite
- femaleness derivation
- female person derivation
- distaff derivation
- feminine similar to
Sense 5 adjective
for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
the female lead in the play
Related & opposite
- femaleness derivation
- female similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | male |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | female |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | female mammal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | filly |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | feminine |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | male |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | androgynous |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | sexuality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | female |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | femaleness |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | female |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | egg-producinga |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pistillate |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | male person |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distaff |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | female body |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | female offspring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | female child |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster-sister |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | girl wonder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | woman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | woman |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | femaleness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | female person |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | distaff |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | feminine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | femaleness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | female |