Feminine
[n] a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
[adj] associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"
[adj] befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
[adj] of grammatical gender
[adj] (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"
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Synonyms
distaff, fair(a), female, maidenlike, maidenly, matronly, powder-puff, unaccented, unstressed, womanlike, womanly
Related Terms
affected, amenable, animate, common gender, deferential, delicate, distaff, docile, effeminate, effete, female, gender, gentle, gentlewomanlike, girlish, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, inanimate, kittenish, ladylike, little-girlish, maidenly, masculine, matron