female
adjectiveDivide female into syllables:
fe · male
How to pronounce female:
Definition of female:
- female (adjective):
- of or characteristic of a woman
- having or producing only pistils or pistillate flowers
- of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to bear young or produce eggs
Synonyms for female:
animal
animate being
beast
creature
dam
fauna
female mammal
female person
filly
hen
Antonyms for female:
adult male
bloke
boy
bozo
buck
chap
dude
fella
fellow
geezer
gent
gentleman
guy
hombre
lad
laddie
male
man
young fellow
young man
Other 2-syllable words like female
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like female does.
- femur
- fennel
- fensive
- ferenc
- ferries
- ferrous
- fertile
- fester
- festoon
- fetid
- ffion
- fia
- fiat
- fibrous
- fido
- fiesta
- figured
- figures
- fiji
- fillet
- fingers
- finley
- firy
- fischer
- fission
- fistful
- fitter
- fizzes
- fizzy
- flanders
- flannel
- flashback
- fleeted
- flemish
- flicking
- flinty
- flirting
- flitted
- flogged
- floosies
- florist
- fluidly
- flummoxed
- fluorine
- fluted
- flutist
- fluttered
- foaming
- follis
- fondant
- … more
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