Home › Words › F › fishwomanfishwomanfishwoman means A woman who sells fish.EtymologyFrom fish + -woman.nounA woman who sells fish.e.g.“Watt was not a woman's man, but the fishwoman pleased him greatly.” — 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fisherwoman 86% match — A woman who fishes. vs fishwoman →fishmongeress 82% match — A female fishmonger. vs fishwoman →fishseller 78% match — A person who sells fish. vs fishwoman →fishmonger 76% match — A person who sells fish. vs fishwoman →fishman 75% match — A man who sells fish. vs fishwoman →cocklewoman 74% match — A fisherwoman who catches cockles. vs fishwoman →fisherette 71% match — A female fisher (one who catches fish). vs fishwoman →fisherperson 71% match — A fisherman or fisherwoman, a fisher. vs fishwoman →