noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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 ~.
▪ 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 ~.
VERB + WOMAN
▪ marry
▪ depict , portray , present , show
▪
We want to change the way women are depicted in the media.
▪ abuse , assault , rape
PHRASES
▪ 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 ~ of a certain age (= not young)
▪ women of childbearing age
▪ a ~ of the world
▪
He saw her as a ~ 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