FEMININE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
   Hypernyms(s) feminine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gender (what does gender mean?)
   • grammatical gender (what does grammatical gender mean?)

FEMININE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • associated with women and not with men
   Usage Example(s)
   • feminine intuition
   Antonym(s)
   • masculine (what does masculine mean?)
   Similar To
   • fair(a) (what does fair(a) mean?)
   • female (what does female mean?)
   • female (what does female mean?)
   • distaff (what does distaff mean?)
   • maidenlike (what does maidenlike mean?)
   • maidenly (what does maidenly mean?)
   • powder-puff (what does powder-puff mean?)
   See Also
   • female (what does female mean?)
   • feminine (what does feminine mean?)
2. Meaning
   • befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
   Synonym(s)
   • womanly (what does womanly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion
   Antonym(s)
   • unwomanly (what does unwomanly mean?)
   Similar To
   • matronly (what does matronly mean?)
   • womanlike (what does womanlike mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of grammatical gender
   Antonym(s)
   • neuter (what does neuter mean?)
   • masculine (what does masculine mean?)
   See Also
   • feminine (what does feminine mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
   Usage Example(s)
   • a feminine ending
   Similar To
   • unstressed (what does unstressed mean?)
   • unaccented (what does unaccented mean?)