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Synonyms for feminine
ˈfɛm ə nɪnfem·i·nine
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Wiktionary
feminineadjective
feminineadjective
Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly.
feminineadjective
A woman.
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
feminineadjective
Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
There are but few true feminines in English — Latham
feminineadjective
Grammatical gender distinction in languages that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
feminine
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 or especially employed by them. A female voice is the voice of a woman; a feminine voice may belong to a man. Womanish denotes the undesirable, womanly the admirable or lovely qualities of woman. Womanly tears would suggest respect and sympathy, womanish tears a touch of contempt. The word effeminate is always used reproachfully, and only of men as possessing womanly traits such as are inconsistent with true manliness.
See synonyms for MASCULINE.
Synonyms:
effeminate, female, womanish, womanly
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
feminineadjective
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
Antonyms:
accented, butch, neuter, manly, virile, macho, manful, masculine, manlike, mannish, male, stressedfeminineadjective
associated with women and not with men
"feminine intuition"
Synonyms:
womanlyAntonyms:
neuter, manly, masculine, virile, macho, stressed, manlike, butch, accented, male, manful, mannishfeminineadjective
of grammatical gender
Synonyms:
womanlyAntonyms:
male, accented, masculine, stressed, manlike, manly, virile, mannish, butch, manful, neuter, machowomanly, feminineadjective
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
"womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
Antonyms:
virile, neuter, mannish, macho, manlike, manful, male, stressed, masculine, manly, accented, butchfeminineadjective
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
"a feminine ending"
Synonyms:
womanlyAntonyms:
mannish, stressed, virile, male, neuter, masculine, manlike, manful, accented, butch, macho, manly
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1236 | female | |
#2052 | soft | |
#6740 | tender | |
#7825 | caring | |
#10026 | modest | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#13909 | feminine | |
#23342 | nurturing | |
#72099 | effeminate | |
#80778 | womanly | |
#139409 | ladylike |
How to use feminine in a sentence?
I found that many of the fantasies people tend to stereotype as being as masculine, like threesomes, and feminine, like emotional fulfillment, were actually things that a majority of men and women alike were fantasizing about.
We want to explore that idea further, it's a kind of a gender neutral range, which depending on how it's worn can be either very masculine or very feminine and we feel that's a very modern way forward.
I wanted her to move in a way that honored the comic book, which meant she would move in a very elegant, feminine, graceful way, and still look lethal.
I'm not a gay man, I'm not a drag queen, I am not maybe total dude, and I'm not total feminine, I'm not totally female, i think I'm living more in that gray world.
What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.
Translations for feminine
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- مُؤَنَّثArabic
- жано́цкі, жаночы род, жаночыBelarusian
- женствен, женски, же́нски род, женаBulgarian
- benelBreton
- femeníCatalan, Valencian
- зударийн родChechen
- ženský, ženský rodCzech
- kvindelig, feminin, kvinde, femininum, hunkønDanish
- weiblich, feminin, Frau, Weib, FemininumGerman
- θηλυκό, θηλυκός, γυναικείοςGreek
- inaEsperanto
- femenino, femenilSpanish
- مؤنث, زنانهPersian
- nainen, naispuolinen, feminiininen, feminiini, naisellinen, naaraspuolinen, naaras, napsu, naismainenFinnish
- fémininFrench
- froulikWestern Frisian
- baineann, baininscneachIrish
- banail, boireannScottish Gaelic
- femininoGalician
- benoilManx
- נקבהHebrew
- női, nőstény, nőnemű, nőnem, nőies, fehérnépHungarian
- իգական, կանացի, կնոջArmenian
- femminile, donnaItalian
- 女性的な, 女性の, 女性, 女らしい, 女の, 女性らしい, 女性名詞Japanese
- ភេទស្រី, ឥត្ថីលិង្គKhmer
- ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗKannada
- 여성, 나약한, 여성의, 여자다운Korean
- fēminīnusLatin
- dzimte, sieviešu, sievišķīgais, sievišķs, sievišķīgs, sieviete, dzimtesLatvian
- स्त्रीलिंगी, बायकी, स्त्रैणMarathi
- vrouwelijkeDutch
- hunkjønnNorwegian
- femeninOccitan
- rodzaj żeńskiPolish
- ښځينهPashto, Pushto
- feminina, feminino, mulherPortuguese
- femeiesc, femininRomanian
- женский, женственный, же́нский родRussian
- स्त्रीलिङ्गSanskrit
- ženský, ženský rodSlovak
- femërorAlbanian
- feminin, kvinna, kvinnlig, femininumSwedish
- பெண்பால்Tamil
- స్త్రీలింగముTelugu
- kadınsıTurkish
- жіночий, жіночий рідUkrainian
- giống cáiVietnamese
- vomikVolapük
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