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womance

womance noun: a close but non-sexual relationship between women.

Noun

womance (countable and uncountable, plural womances)

  1. (informal) A close but non-sexual relationship between women.
    • “We're having an intense moment of womance here, do you mind?” Billie said.2012, Sarah Mayberry, Within Reach, Harlequin, published 2012, →ISBN, page 12
    • “Angel goes through BFFs the way Limbaugh goes through oxy. Always has. I give their little ‘womance’ six months tops before Angel gets tired of her.”2013, Marcia Clark, “Chapter 3”, in Inherit the Dead, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 42

Verb

womance (third-person singular simple present womances, present participle womancing, simple past and past participle womanced)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To be in a womantic relationship.
    Synonyms:
    girl crush, sismance

Synonyms of womance

Forms of womance

Noun
pluralwomances
Verb
third-person singular presentwomances
present participlewomancing
past participlewomanced
pastwomanced

Origin of womance

Blend of woman + romance.

Words formed from womance

Questions about womance

What does womance mean?
Womance means a close but non-sexual relationship between women.
What part of speech is womance?
Womance can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of womance?
The plural of womance is womances.

Words near womance in the dictionary

  1. womanager
  2. womanagers
  3. womanas
  4. womanbodies
  5. womanbody
  6. womance
  7. womanced
  8. womancentric
  9. womances
  10. womanchild
  11. womanchildren

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