Definitions for woman
ˈwʊm ən; ˈwɪm ɪnwom·an

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

1. woman, adult female(noun)

   an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

   "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

2. woman(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"

3. charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman(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"

4. womanhood, woman, fair sex(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"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. woman(Noun)

   An adult female human.

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

2. woman(Noun)

   A wife (sometimes a fiance or girlfriend)

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

3. woman(Verb)

   To man with female labor.

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

4. woman(Verb)

   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. Woman(noun)

   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. Woman(noun)

   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. Woman(noun)

   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. Woman(verb)

   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. Woman(verb)

   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. Woman(verb)

   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(4.00 / 1 vote)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  

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

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Katie Packer Gage:

   She would make a strong vice presidential candidate, and the fact that she is a woman is icing on the cake, but maybe she should run for president.

2. Barack Obama:

   I'll say this: if you give a woman, or a man for that matter, without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape.

3. Jemele Hill:

   What I would say, though, is that they have the benefit of privilege to be able to distance and disassociate themselves from certain issues. Me, as a woman of color, I feel vulnerable to certain behaviors, certain policies and certain things that he’s said and done.

4. Emily Goodman:

   What the pro-life advocates seem to be focused on is bussing in young people with signs to declare that their side of the argument is right and no other opinion matters, i wish there was a conversation today, involving two sides, focused on a woman's ability to both hold her view on abortion yet not impose that view onto another.

5. Proverb:

   There is nothing so evil as the mind of a virtuous woman.

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