noun
Gender
See -woman.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of superwoman
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Commenting under Smith's Instagram post, award-winning singer-songwriter Raye wrote: "My beautiful superwoman friend."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Our baby girl Mikey Moon Trainor has finally made it to the world thanks to our incredible, superwoman surrogate,” she captioned her post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
It was as if I had gone into a telephone booth and pulled off my apron and came out a superwoman — and it wasn’t that way.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2021
The Bahamian's "superwoman" leap for the line ensured she took gold by the slimmest of margins, beating one of the world's greatest athletes, six-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix, in the process.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2021
She has amazing focus, like a superwoman with X-ray eyes.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"My ethos as a captain is to make my players feel like superwomen - it's to make them feel valued and like they belong," said captain Rachel Malcolm in July.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
Many scholars and historians agree that Harris is standing on the shoulders of many unsung superwomen of racial justice.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2021
Tami Taylor and Rayna James were savvy but vulnerable superwomen, who managed their families and careers with intimacy and aplomb; they didn’t do much that upset you.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 20, 2018
These are the supermen and superwomen who will race around the 105-mile route at mind-boggling speeds.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2018
It is odd, and possibly—or possibly not—significant, that of the world's superwomen, more have leaned toward literature than toward any other one pursuit.
From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune
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