womanhood

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of WOMANHOOD

the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of women <she was the ideal of traditional Southern womanhood>

Synonyms femaleness, feminity, muliebrity, womanhood, womanishness, womanliness

Related Words girlishness; effeminacy, effeteness; girlhood, maidenhood

Near Antonyms androgyny; boyishness, mannishness, tomboyishness

Antonyms manhood, manliness, masculinity, virility

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