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Nouns (1)

feminine

n. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

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Adjectives (5)

feminine

adj. of grammatical gender

feminine

adj. associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"

feminine

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

womanly, feminine

adj. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

Fuzzynyms (5)

ladylike

adj. befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"

womanly, feminine

adj. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

feminine

adj. associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"

ladylike

adj. befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"

Synonyms (5)

short

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

unaccented, light, weak

adj. (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

unemphatic

adj. not emphasized

Antonyms (4)

neuter

adj. of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"

masculine

adj. of grammatical gender

masculine

adj. associated with men and not with women

unwomanly

adj. not womanly; "the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly"

feminine

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