Collocations for "woman"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "woman" in context.
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woman
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a strong, a tall, a rich, an intelligent, an elderly, a French, a smart, a satisfied] woman
- the woman who [said, sang, made, invented]
- was a woman who [said]
- is [shy, timid, nervous] around women
- is [shy] with women
- [disrespectful, mindful, favorable] towards women
- [most, many] women [think, prefer, tend to, want]
- a woman was [held, arrested, killed, attacked]
- women are treated [well, badly, unfairly] (here)
- is her own woman
- is the woman [I love, of my dreams]
- a woman of the world
- a woman from the [hospital, school, company]
- [rights] for women
- (for) men and women
- (is) a trans woman
- identifies as a woman
- a woman [doctor, footballer, judge]
- a [group, jury, team] of (seven) women
- women's [rights, issues, associations]
- women's [salaries, cosmetics]
- (the) women's [toilet, restroom, bathroom]
- [is, was] (considered) women's work
- [diagnosed, dismissed] it as women's troubles
- women-only [spaces, car, session]
'woman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- German
- acumen
- after
- amazing
- another
- any
- assault
- assured
- attractive
- awesome
- barren
- batter
- battered
- beautiful
- beauty
- beggar
- blind
- bluff
- breathtaking
- brilliant
- brunette
- burned out
- busy
- callous
- careful
- carriage
- charm
- chic
- clad
- cleaning
- confident
- confuse
- courageous
- coy
- cranky
- cripple
- crippled
- culture
- dark
- dash
- deceased
- depressed
- develop
- domestic
- dreadful
- dumpling
- dwarf
- easy
- elegant