1. (noun)female an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) Synonyms: female person Antonyms: male, male person, priapic, staminate, epicene, hermaphroditic, androgynous, gynandromorphic, unisex, pseudohermaphrodite, phallic, pseudohermaphroditic, gynandromorphous, hermaphrodite, masculine, young-begetting(a), intersexual, bisexual, antheral
2. (adj)female, female person a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies Synonyms: female, female person Antonyms: male, male person, hermaphroditic, priapic, pseudohermaphrodite, phallic, hermaphrodite, androgynous, antheral, epicene, unisex, gynandromorphic, staminate, young-begetting(a), pseudohermaphroditic, intersexual, masculine, gynandromorphous, bisexual
1. female We apply female to the sex, feminine to the qualities, especially the finer physical or mental qualities that distinguish the female sex in the human family, or to the objects appropriate for o Synonyms: feminine, effeminate, female, womanish, womanly