miss

¹miss

noun

Definition of MISS

1

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood <a special perfume for the little miss>

Synonyms filly, lass, lassie, miss, missy, nymph, sheila [Australian & New Zealand]

Related Words bobby-soxer, junior miss, schoolgirl, subdebutante, teenybopper; gamine, hoyden, pixie (also pixy), romp, snip, tomboy

2

a young unmarried woman <you should ask that young miss if she would like to dance>

Synonyms damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, miss

Related Words virgin; deb, debutante, ingenue (or ing{eacute}nue); bird [chiefly British], chick [slang], chicken, chit, filly, lass, lassie, sheila [Australian & New Zealand], sister; colleen, mademoiselle, senhorita, senorita (or se{ntilde}orita)