Collocations for woman - noun

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 woman.

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 woman.

marry
depict, portray, present, show
We want to change the way women are depicted in the media.

abuse, assault, rape

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 woman of a certain age (= not young)
women of childbearing age
a woman of the world
He saw her as a woman 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