female: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of female
adj
- not-comparable, usually
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Example: female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male
- not-comparable, usually
Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
Example: stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
- not-comparable, usually
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
Example: the female chromosome
- feminine, form-of, not-comparable, usually
Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
Base or related entry: the feminine grammatical gender.
Listed forms: femaler, femalest.
Source: Wiktionary — female.
noun
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. A human of feminine gender; a girl or woman.
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
Listed forms: females.
Source: Wiktionary — female.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for female.
adjective
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
noun
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
- female person
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is female in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of female
F(4) + E(1) + M(3) + A(1) + L(1) + E(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of female
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from female
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