Entry Word: girl

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a young usually unmarried woman <a book that discusses the special challenges that girls face as they enter their teenage years>

Synonyms bobby-soxer, chick [slang], damsel, doll, gal, lass, lassie, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, miss

Related Words gamine; hoyden, tomboy; hussy; ingenue; belle, deb, debutante, sylph; schoolgirl; teenybopper; senorita (or señorita)

2 a woman with whom one is in love <sent her a note asking her to be his girl> — see girlfriend