Synonyms for female

Other words for “female”, grouped by meaning.

We found 6 synonyms for “female”. The most common are female person, female, egg-producing, pistillate, distaff.

noun an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

Oppositesmale

noun a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

Oppositesmale

adjective being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

adjective characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

Synonymsdistaff

adjective for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

Similarfemale

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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