Synonyms and antonyms of Menstruation and the menstrual cycle in British Thesaurus

amenorrhoea (noun)

a medical condition in which a woman who is not pregnant does not menstruate (=produce a flow of blood once a month)

biological clock (noun)

informal a woman’s need to have children before she reaches a certain age and can no longer physically do so

the change of life (noun)

informal the menopause

cramps (noun)

pains that a woman sometimes gets during her period

menopause (noun)

the time in a woman’s life when her periods stop and she is no longer capable of getting pregnant

menses (noun)

the monthly flow of blood from a woman’s body. The usual word for this is period.

menstrual (adjective)

relating to a woman’s periods

menstrual cycle (noun)

the repeated process in which a woman’s womb prepares for pregnancy. It ends in a period if she does not get pregnant. The menstrual cycle usually lasts about a month.

menstruate (verb)

if a woman menstruates, she has a flow of blood from her womb, usually once a month

menstruation (noun)

the process of menstruating

miss (verb)

if a woman misses her monthly period, it does not happen

ovulate (verb)

when a woman or female animal ovulates, she produces an egg in her body and can become pregnant

period (noun)

the time about once a month when a woman who is not pregnant menstruates (=loses blood)

period pain (noun)

British pain that a woman sometimes gets during her period. The usual American word is cramps.

PMS (noun)

premenstrual syndrome: the pain and unpleasant feelings some women have just before their period every month

PMT (noun)

British premenstrual tension: another name for PMS

postmenopausal (adjective)

relating to the time of a woman’s life after the menopause

premenstrual (adjective)

happening in the days before a woman’s monthly period

premenstrual syndrome (noun)

PMS

premenstrual tension (noun)

British PMT

sanitary towel (noun)

British a thick band of soft material that women put inside their underwear during menstruation (=the time every month when blood flows)

spotting (noun)

the loss of blood from a woman’s womb between her normal monthly periods

Tampax ()

a type of tampon

tampon (noun)

an object that a woman puts inside her vagina to collect the blood during her period (=monthly flow of blood)

time of the month ()

the time when a woman has her period