One problem is how the enterprises arrange posts for excellent female students, but another important point is whether the educational industry can grow and supply creative students needed for Japan's future.
Source: tatoeba (20729)
Female
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
Synonyms for "female" (42 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: female person, biological female, distaff, distaff, donn.
- Sentence evidence is available for female, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "female".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "female"
Keep "female" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "female" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "female", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "female" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
10 entriesfemale anatomyfemale athletefemale genderfemale participantfemale patientfemale populationfemale reproductive systemfemale researcherfemale samplefemale student
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
5 entriesAntonyms
3 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
212 translations across 105 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- femër noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Arabic
4 entries- أنثى noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- أُنْثَى noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- أُنْثَى noun (animal of feminine sex)
- نتاية noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Aramaic
2 entries- ܢܩܒܬܐ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ܢܩܒܬܐ noun (animal of feminine sex)
Armenian
1 entries- էգ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Asturian
3 entries- fema noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- fema noun (animal of feminine sex)
- fema noun (plant of feminine sex)
Avar
1 entries- цӏуяб noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dişi noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- dişi noun (animal of feminine sex)
Basque
1 entries- eme noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Belarusian
3 entries- жанчы́на noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- са́мка noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- самі́ца noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Bulgarian
2 entries- же́нска noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- са́мка noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Burmese
3 entries- နာရီ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- မ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- မိန်းမ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- жена́ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- самі́ця noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Catalan
1 entries- femella noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مێ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Chamicuro
1 entries- molota noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Chechen
1 entries- сте noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎨᏴ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 女性 noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- 雌性 noun (animal of feminine sex)
- 雌株 noun (plant of feminine sex)
Czech
3 entries- samice noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- samice noun (animal of feminine sex)
- žena noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Danish
4 entries- hun noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hundyr noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hunplante noun (plant of feminine sex)
- kvinde noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Dutch
2 entries- vrouw noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- wijfje noun (animal of feminine sex)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- ава noun (plant of feminine sex)
Esperanto
2 entries- femalo noun (animal of feminine sex)
- ino noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Estonian
1 entries- emane noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Finnish
4 entries- naaras noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- naaras noun (animal of feminine sex)
- nainen noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- tyttö noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
French
1 entries- femelle noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Galician
3 entries- femia noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- femia noun (animal of feminine sex)
- femia noun (plant of feminine sex)
Georgian
1 entries- ქალი noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
German
3 entries- Weib noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- Weibchen noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- Weibchen noun (animal of feminine sex)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- femën noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Greek
2 entries- θήλυ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- θηλυκό noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Gujarati
1 entries- સ્ત્રી noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Hebrew
1 entries- נקבה \ נְקֵבָה noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Hindi
3 entries- मादा noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- मादा noun (animal of feminine sex)
- स्त्री noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Hungarian
2 entries- nőstény noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- nőstény noun (animal of feminine sex)
Ido
1 entries- femino noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Indonesian
2 entries- betina noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- perempuan noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Ingrian
2 entries- imikko noun (animal of feminine sex)
- nain noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Ingush
1 entries- се noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Interlingua
1 entries- femina noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Irish
1 entries- baineannach noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Istriot
1 entries- fimana noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Italian
1 entries- femmina noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Japanese
3 entries- 女性 noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- 雌 noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- 雌 noun (animal of feminine sex)
Javanese
1 entries- wanita noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Jeju
1 entries- 암컷 noun (animal of feminine sex)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸ್ತ್ರೀ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Kashubian
1 entries- samica noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұрғашы noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Khmer
2 entries- ញី noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ស្រី noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Korean
3 entries- 암컷 noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- 암컷 noun (animal of feminine sex)
- 여성 noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Kumyk
2 entries- тиши noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- тиши noun (animal of feminine sex)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ургаачы noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Lao
3 entries- ຍິງ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ຕົວເມັຽ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ຜູ້ຍິງ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Latin
1 entries- fēmina noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Latvian
3 entries- mātīte noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- mātīte noun (animal of feminine sex)
- sieviete noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Lithuanian
3 entries- moteris noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- moteriškė noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- patelė noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Low German
1 entries- Seken noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- samica noun (animal of feminine sex)
- samka noun (animal of feminine sex)
Malay
4 entries- betina noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- perempuan noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- بتينا noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ڤرمڤوان noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Manx
1 entries- bwoirrinagh noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Marathi
1 entries- स्त्री noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Middle English
2 entries- femele noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- femele noun (animal of feminine sex)
Mongolian
2 entries- охин амьтан noun (animal of feminine sex)
- эмэгчин noun (animal of feminine sex)
Māori
4 entries- kouwha noun (animal of feminine sex)
- kouwha noun (plant of feminine sex)
- uwha noun (animal of feminine sex)
- wahine noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Navajo
3 entries- aʼáád noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- biʼáadii noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- tsaʼii noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Norwegian
1 entries- kvinne noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hunn noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hunndyr noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hunnplante noun (plant of feminine sex)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- ho noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hodyr noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hoe noun (animal of feminine sex)
- hoplante noun (plant of feminine sex)
Occitan
1 entries- femèla noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Odia
1 entries- ନାରୀ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دیشی noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- دیشی noun (animal of feminine sex)
Persian
3 entries- دختر noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- زن noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ماده noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Polish
3 entries- kobieta noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- samica noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- samica noun (animal of feminine sex)
Portuguese
1 entries- fêmea noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Romanian
1 entries- femelă noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Russian
3 entries- же́нщина noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- са́мка noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- са́мка noun (animal of feminine sex)
Santali
1 entries- ᱮᱝᱜᱚ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- bean noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- boireannach noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- tè noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ženka noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- женка noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ස්ත්රී noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Slovak
2 entries- samica noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- žena noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Slovene
2 entries- samica noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ženska noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тижи noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Spanish
4 entries- fembra (disused) noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- fembra (disused) noun (animal of feminine sex)
- fembra (disused) noun (plant of feminine sex)
- fémina noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Swahili
1 entries- jike noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Swedish
2 entries- hona noun (animal of feminine sex)
- kvinna noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Tajik
2 entries- зан noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- мода noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Thai
3 entries- ตัวเมีย noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- ผู้หญิง noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- หญิง noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Tupinambá
1 entries- kunhã noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Turkish
3 entries- bayan noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- dişi noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- dişi noun (animal of feminine sex)
Turkmen
2 entries- aýaal noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- urkaçy noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жі́нка noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- са́мка noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- са́мка noun (animal of feminine sex)
- сами́ця noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- sančka noun (animal of feminine sex)
Urdu
4 entries- خاتُون noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- خَوَاتِین noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- رَن noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- عَورَت noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Uyghur
1 entries- چىشى noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Uzbek
2 entries- ayol noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- urgʻochi noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Venetan
1 entries- fémena noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cái noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- cái noun (animal of feminine sex)
- mái noun (animal of feminine sex)
- nữ noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Volapük
4 entries- jimen noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- jinim noun (animal of feminine sex)
- jiplan noun (plant of feminine sex)
- vom noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Walloon
1 entries- frumele noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Welsh
2 entries- benyw noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
- benyw noun (animal of feminine sex)
Yiddish
1 entries- אישה noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- qáe noun (one of the feminine sex or gender)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
The socialist was accompanied by a female interpreter.
Source: tatoeba (46861)
Only 16 percent of the teachers of this school are female.
Source: tatoeba (59937)
Koko is a female gorilla.
Source: tatoeba (61637)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "female"?
Closest matches include female person, biological female, distaff, distaff, donn.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "female"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.