- female - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"
Antonyms: androgynous, bisexual, epicene, gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous, hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, intersexual, pseudohermaphroditic, pseudohermaphrodite, unisex, male, antheral, staminate, phallic, priapic, young-begetting
- female, distaff - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
Antonym: masculine (indirect, via feminine)
- female - for or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
Antonym: masculine (indirect, via feminine)
- female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
--1 is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Antonyms: male
--1 has particulars: hen; dam - female, female person - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--2 has parts: female body
Antonyms: male, male person
--2 has particulars:female offspring; female child, girl, little girl; foster-sister; girl wonder; woman, adult female; woman