woman

Noun

• women as a class
  • it's an insult to American womanhood
    
  • woman is the glory of creation
    
  • the fair sex gathered on the veranda
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
  • the woman kept house while the man hunted
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  womanhood , fair sex , charwoman , char , cleaning woman , cleaning lady , adult female
• Antonyms: 
  man , adult male