What is another word for female?

Common synonyms for female include female person.

What is the plural of female?

The plural of female is females.

/ˈfiː.meɪl/noun, adjective2 syllables

Female means: being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop.

noun, as in a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

female person

adjective, as in being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

egg-producing, young-bearing, pistillate, feminine

adjective, as in characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

distaff, feminine

also used for female

socket, womanly, menstruator, vagina-owner, vagina owner

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androgynous, male

adjective

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop“a female heir”

characteristic of or peculiar to a woman“female sensitiveness”

for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls“the female lead in the play”

noun

a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

The boy has four rabbits, two male and two female ones.carlosalberto
Laika, a female dog, was the first animal to be launched into orbit.Hybrid
For every given male character, there is a female version of that character.Ooneykcall
In some species of animals, the female is dominant over the male.patgfisher
In this game, female characters wear boob armour.sabretou
A female bear could be very dangerous, especially when her cubs are around.OsoHombre
I could just as easily say that among elephants, the female wears the trousers.maaster
To win access to a female, these male giraffes need to fight.Amastan

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as a noun

as a adjective