feminine
adjective
1. associated with women and not with men
- feminine intuition
Similar word(s): female, fair, distaff, female, maidenlike, maidenly, feminine
2. of grammatical gender
Similar word(s): feminine
3. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
Similar word(s): matronly, womanlike, womanly
4. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
- a feminine ending
Similar word(s): unstressed
Sentences with feminine as an adjective:
- Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
noun
1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
Definition categories: communication, gender