Home › Words › E › engineeressengineeressengineeress means A female engineer.EtymologyFrom engineer + -ess.nounA female engineer.e.g.“But at least they learned to dance and smile and talk and choose engineeresses appropriate to their engineering futures.” — 1928, Philip Guedalla, Conquistador, American fantasia:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.lawyeress 67% match — A female lawyer. vs engineeress →surgeoness 66% match — A female surgeon. vs engineeress →workeress 66% match — A female worker. vs engineeress →enginerd 66% match — A nerdy engineer or engineering student. vs engineeress →architectress 65% match — A female architect. vs engineeress →engineerish 65% match — Characteristic of an engineer. vs engineeress →sergeantess 65% match — A female sergeant. vs engineeress →photographess 65% match — A female photographer. vs engineeress →