Female
Female adjective - Of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women.
Usage example: female standards of housekeeping imposed by the women at the vacation cottage weren't especially popular with the men
Feminine
Feminine adjective - Of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women.
Usage example: the feminine furnishings suggested that the bedroom was intended for a girl
Female is a synonym for feminine in quality topic. You can use "Female" instead the word "Feminine" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as womanly, gender, girlish. popular alternative
Nearby Words: femininity, femininely
Mutual synonyms
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Feminine and Female. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/female/feminine
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