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
Male
Male adjective - Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation.
Usage example: a male holly tree
How words are described
| human | human female | human male |
| old | old female | old male |
| rare | rare female | rare male |
| average | average female | average male |
| Other adjectives: lead, straight, single, black, main, young, attractive, beautiful, leading, dominant, hot, sole, lone, last, older, humanoid, teenage, bisexual, heterosexual, playable. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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She gives them three sets of genitalia: a horse-sized male and female set on the horse half, and a human-sized male or female set "in front".
Source: Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action -
There are both male and female Tinpets that can wear only male or female Medaparts respectively.
Source: Video Game / Medabots -
To a certain extent he's actually treated as both male and female in that he's shown up in group illustrations that otherwise exclusively only have either male or female characters.
Source: Manga / RG Veda
Cite this Source
Male and Female. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/female/male
Female & Male. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/female/male>.
Male or Female. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/female/male.
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