girlfriend

noun

girl·​friend ˈgər(-ə)l-ˌfrend 

1

: a female friend

2

: a frequent or regular female companion in a romantic or sexual relationship

Synonyms of girlfriend

• woman
• girl
• lady
• lover

Examples of girlfriend in a Sentence

My girlfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.

She spends hours talking on the phone with her girlfriends.

Recent Examples on the Web

Right now, talking to you, my phone would have already rung twice and I‘d be talking to recruits or a donor or an agent or to a kid on my team who was having a problem with their girlfriend or wanted to transfer. — Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026

Preliminary information indicates the argument between a man and his girlfriend turned physical, according to a Sunday release from Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Fabares starred on the ABC comedy Coach for eight seasons while earning a pair of Emmy nominations for playing Christine Armstrong, a TV newscaster and the girlfriend and then wife of Nelson’s college football coach, Hayden Fox. — Cheryl Cheng, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026

Zhou, a West Palm Beach Goldman Sachs analyst, would not leave his former girlfriend alone after their breakup. — Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for girlfriend

• amend
• append
• ascend
• attend
• backend
• befriend
• boyfriend
• commend
• compend
• contend
• defend
• depend

Kids Definition

girlfriend

noun

girl·​friend ˈgər(-ə)l-ˌfrend 

1

: a female friend

2

: a regular female companion in a romantic relationship