A female terminal 10 to be fit to a male terminal 50 is provided with a box-shaped female body portion 12 including a ceiling wall 14 and a bottom wall 21 facing each other in a vertical direction and open in a front-rear direction, the male terminal 50 being inserted into the female body portion 12, contact pressure applying portions 16 provided between the ceiling wall 14 and the bottom wall 21 of the female body portion 12 and configured to apply a contact pressure to the male terminal 50 by contacting the male terminal 50 from the side of the ceiling wall 14, and a pressure increasing plate 30 configured to displace the contact pressure applying portions 16 toward the bottom wall 21 by being inserted into between the ceiling wall 14 of the female body portion 12 0 and the contact pressure applying portions 16.