Definitions for WOMAN
ˈwʊm ən; ˈwɪm ɪnWOMAN

Princeton's WordNet(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. woman, adult femalenoun

   an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

   "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

2. womannoun

   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"

3. charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, womannoun

   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"

4. womanhood, woman, fair sexnoun

   women as a class

   "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. womannoun

   An adult female human.

   Etymology: From woman, wimman, wifman, from wifmann, equivalent to . Compare vrouwmens. Compare also vrouwspersoon, Weibsperson.

2. womannoun

   A wife (sometimes a fiance or girlfriend)

   Etymology: From woman, wimman, wifman, from wifmann, equivalent to . Compare vrouwmens. Compare also vrouwspersoon, Weibsperson.

3. womanverb

   To man with female labor.

   Etymology: From woman, wimman, wifman, from wifmann, equivalent to . Compare vrouwmens. Compare also vrouwspersoon, Weibsperson.

4. womanverb

   To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

   To have him see me woman'd. uE0009427uE001 Shakespeare.

   Etymology: From woman, wimman, wifman, from wifmann, equivalent to . Compare vrouwmens. Compare also vrouwspersoon, Weibsperson.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Womannoun

   an adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person

   Etymology: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wfmann, wmmann; wf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]

2. Womannoun

   the female part of the human race; womankind

   Etymology: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wfmann, wmmann; wf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]

3. Womannoun

   a female attendant or servant

   Etymology: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wfmann, wmmann; wf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]

4. Womanverb

   to act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it

   Etymology: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wfmann, wmmann; wf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]

5. Womanverb

   to make effeminate or womanish

   Etymology: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wfmann, wmmann; wf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]

6. Womanverb

   to furnish with, or unite to, a woman

   Etymology: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wfmann, wmmann; wf woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]

Freebase(2.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Woman

   A woman, pl: women is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". Women are typically capable of giving birth, though older women who have gone through menopause and some intersex women cannot.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Woman

   woom′an, n. the female of man, an adult female of the human race: the female sex, women collectively: a female attendant:—pl. Women (wim′en).—v.t. to cause to act like a woman, to unite to a woman (both Shak.): to call a person 'woman' abusively.—n. Wom′an-bod′y (Scot.), a woman, used disparagingly.—adjs. Wom′an-born, born of woman; Wom′an-built, built by women.—adv. Wom′anfully, like a woman.—adj. Wom′an-grown, grown to womanhood.—ns. Wom′an-hāt′er, a misogynist; Wom′anhood, the state, character, or qualities of a woman.—adj. Wom′anish, having the qualities of a woman: feminine.—adv. Wom′anishly.—ns. Wom′anishness; Wom′ankind, Wom′enkind, women taken together: the female sex.—adj. Wom′an-like, like a woman.—n. Wom′anliness.—adj. Wom′anly, like or becoming a woman: feminine.—adv. in the manner of a woman.—ns. Wom′an-post (Shak.), a female messenger; Wom′an-quell′er, a killer of women; Wom′an-suff′rage, the exercise of the electoral franchise by women.—adjs. Wom′an-tired (Shak.), hen-pecked; Wom′an-vest′ed, wearing women's clothes.—Woman of the town, a whore; Woman of the world, a woman of fashion.—Women's rights, the movement of women towards personal and proprietary independence.—Play the woman, to give way to weakness. [A.S. wimman, wífman, a compound of wíf, a woman, man, man.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. woman

   1. The First Cause. 2. A being created for the purpose of voting. 3. Any one with an allowance that is occasionally paid, but which can't be collected. 4. A pet, a plaything, a scullion, a thing to die for, or a thing to kill. 5. A being to get rid of or to secure--to run away from, or with, as the case may be. 6. Among the Ancients, a slave, a chattel; among the Moderns, a financial swashbuckler. Synonyms: sphinx, devil, angel, liar, spendthrift.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. WOMAN

   An aspiring creature whose political sphere is still slightly flattened at the polls.

Editors Contribution(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. woman

   An adult female human being with a vagina and a pair of breasts.

   The woman is amazing and is such a beautiful soul.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Cleaner
   • Female Person

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WOMAN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #387

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WOMAN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #614

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WOMAN' in Nouns Frequency: #13

How to pronounce WOMAN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say WOMAN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WOMAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WOMAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of WOMAN in a Sentence

1. Emily Arvola:

   The fact that she could be first woman president is so cool to me. It would be such a huge step.

2. Dee Snider:

   As a parent Dee Snider and as a rock fan, I know when I see an album cover with a severed goat’s head in the middle of a pentagram between a woman’s legs that it’s not the kind of album I want my son to be listening to.

3. Anuj Somany:

   When two women get into quarrel, the truth of both females' real nature comes out often faster than when two men fight or a man and woman squabble.

4. Kim Eun-ju:

   If you want to live better up there, you'd better be a woman selling stuff in markets or marry a man who lives on bribes or taxes from these women at markets, or works for the regime's trading firms.

5. Melina Abdullah:

   As a Black woman, I would rather be celebrating other Black women, and I do, my allegiance is to Black people, not to an individual Black person who wouldn't mind selling us out.

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