Foundation level · Year 4 · free
women
noun · Say it: WIM-in
What it means
Foundationmore than one grown-up female person
Two women from the library came to school to read us stories.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- ladies
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- men
More examples
- The women's football team won the cup on Saturday.
Where the word comes from
The plural of 'woman', from Old English 'wifmenn'.
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