'Woman' definitions:
Definition of 'woman'
(from WordNet)
noun
An adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" [syn: woman, adult female] [ant: adult male, man]
noun
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" [ant: man]
noun
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" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman]
noun
Definition of 'Woman'
From: GCIDE
- Woman \Wom"an\, v. t.
- 1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] "To have him see me woman'd." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Womanhead
Definition of 'Woman'
From: GCIDE
- Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. Women. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[imac]fmann, w[imac]mmann; w[imac]f woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person. [1913 Webster]
- Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. --Gen. ii. 22. [1913 Webster]
- I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. --J. Ledyard. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The female part of the human race; womankind. [1913 Webster]
- Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'woman'
From: Easton
- Woman was "taken out of man" (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. "The head of the woman is the man;" but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, "as unto the weaker vessel" (1 Cor. 11:3, 8, 9; 1 Pet. 3:7). Several women are mentioned in Scripture as having been endowed with prophetic gifts, as Miriam (Ex. 15:20), Deborah (Judg. 4:4, 5), Huldah (2 Kings 22:14), Noadiah (Neh. 6:14), Anna (Luke 2:36, 37), and the daughters of Philip the evangelist (Acts 21:8, 9). Women are forbidden to teach publicly (1 Cor. 14:34, 35; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12). Among the Hebrews it devolved upon women to prepare the meals for the household (Gen. 18:6; 2 Sam. 13:8), to attend to the work of spinning (Ex. 35:26; Prov. 31:19), and making clothes (1 Sam. 2:19; Prov. 31:21), to bring water from the well (Gen. 24:15; 1 Sam. 9:11), and to care for the flocks (Gen. 29:6; Ex. 2:16).
- The word "woman," as used in Matt. 15:28, John 2:4 and 20:13, 15, implies tenderness and courtesy and not disrespect. Only where revelation is known has woman her due place of honour assigned to her.
Synonyms of 'woman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adult,
- better half,
- common-law wife,
- concubine,
- dame,
- daughter of Eve,
- distaff,
- distaff side,
- domina,
- donna,
- dowager,
- doxy,
- Eve,
- fair sex,
- female sex,
- feme,
- feme covert,
- femininity,
- femme,
- Frau,
- frow,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- goodwife,
- goody,
- grown man,
- grownup,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- kept mistress,
- kept woman,
- lady,
- lass,
- legalis homo,
- little,
- major,
- man,
- married woman,
- matron,
- mature man,
- milady,
- mistress,
- no chicken,
- old lady,
- old woman,
- paramour,
- playmate,
- rib,
- second sex,
- softer sex,
- squaw,
- unofficial wife,
- vrouw,
- wahine,
- weaker sex,
- weaker vessel,
- wedded wife,
- wife,
- womanhood,
- womankind,
- women,
- womenfolk,
- womenfolks
Words containing 'Woman'
- Womanize,
- Womanly,
- womanizer,
- Kept woman,
- Strange woman,
- Wafer woman,
- Waiting woman,
- Woman hater,
- bionic woman,
- black woman,
- butter woman,
- cleaning woman,
- comfort woman,
- disagreeable woman,
- enlisted woman,
- ethiopian woman,
- fancy woman,
- foolish woman,
- gay woman,
- honest woman,
- lollipop woman,
- loose woman,
- married woman,
- old woman,
- point woman,
- scarlet woman,
- slovenly woman,
- stunt woman,
- unmarried woman,
- unpleasant woman,
- white woman,
- widow woman,
- woman chaser,
- woman of the house,
- woman of the street,
- woman's body,
- woman's clothing,
- woman's doctor,
- woman's hat,
- wonder woman,
- yellow woman,
- young woman,
- Herb-woman,
- Tire-woman,
- one-woman,
- woman-worship,
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union