girlfriend

noun

ˈgər(-ə)l-ˌfrend How to pronounce girlfriend (audio)
Definition of girlfriendnext
as in woman
a female romantic companion he proposed to his girlfriend of seven years

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Recent Examples of girlfriend Each loving gesture and bashful smile from his aspiring girlfriend Nikki is punctuated by dread, every minute tense and unnerving as her fixation slowly takes a dark turn. — Mariam Bagdady, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026 Guillermo Mondragon Rosales was charged with murder Tuesday in connection with the killing of his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend's dad, Leonel Pavon, who was 53, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. — Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2026 Sure, Verlander was making his final start, but his wife Kate Upton was also retiring after more than a decade of memorable moments in Major League Baseball as a girlfriend and wife of a future Hall of Famer. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Cody’s script follows Roxanne, an obsessive high school senior who goes to her ex-boyfriend’s college campus to win him back, only to wage war on his new girlfriend and accidentally find the first person who truly understands her. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for girlfriend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlfriend
  1. woman
  2. girl
  3. lady
  4. lover
Noun
  • The Liberty had a rough regular season in the WNBA, falling to eighth place despite having several women’s basketball headliners on the roster.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • With the late morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of woman
Noun
  • Four people, including two teenage girls, were hurt when a Russian drone struck a residential area in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv region on Sunday evening, said Viacheslav Chaus, head of the regional military administration.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But Paulina’s big plans are upended by the arrival at the school of Ericka (Jasmine Amy Rogers), a light-skinned Black girl from America with a Ghanaian father and a white mother back in Ohio.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of girl
Noun
  • Basner arrived there from a five-year stint selling ladies knitted sweaters.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
  • If warm and dry conditions persist into fall, cool-season pests like rodents, Asian lady beetles, and boxelder bugs may show up later than normal.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of lady
Noun
  • The supporting cast is well stocked with character actors who bring humor and pathos to this gaggle of spouses, friends, lovers and bootleggers.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Orr’s trail repairs come at a time when outdoors lovers are feeling particularly protective of public lands.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of lover

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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlfriend. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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