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female has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are androgynous, male.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
“a female heir”
an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
1 of the 5 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for female.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for female come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.