- woman
- nounADJECTIVE▪ young▪ middle-aged▪ elderly, old, older▪
The thief tricked his way into an elderly woman's home.
▪Older women often have difficulty conceiving.
▪ adult, grown▪The little girl she remembered was now a grown woman.
▪ married▪ single, unattached, unmarried▪ widowed▪ divorced▪ pregnant▪ childless▪ menopausal, post-menopausal▪ business (usually businesswoman), career, professional, working▪ average, ordinary▪ extraordinary, remarkable▪ attractive, beautiful, good-looking, handsome, pretty▪ desirable▪ plain, ugly▪ well-dressed▪ educated, intelligent, smart (esp. AmE)▪highly educated women who are successful in business
▪ powerful, strong▪ successful▪ independent, modern▪ motherly▪ decent, good, kind, nice▪ evil, wicked▪ hysterical▪ battered▪a hostel for battered women
▪ the other▪She was the ‘other woman’ in this family drama (= the one the husband was having an affair with).
▪Jean Menkes plays the president's wife and Fiona Handley plays the other woman.
VERB + WOMAN▪ marry▪ depict, portray, present, show▪We want to change the way women are depicted in the media.
▪ abuse, assault, rapePHRASES▪ the oppression of women, violence against women▪a United Nations report on violence against women
▪ the position of women, the role of women, the status of women▪There were important changes in the position of women in society.
▪ a woman of a certain age (= not young)▪ women of childbearing age▪ a woman of the world▪He saw her as a woman of the world who could offer him advice.
▪ women's liberation, the women's movement (becoming old-fashioned)▪a symbol of women's liberation
▪ a women's group▪ women's rights▪ women's studies▪a professor of women's studies
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
