boyish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyish
Adjective
  • There’s still a girlish quality to Mishi’s look thanks to the short shorts, which also accentuate the legs that will determine her greatness.
    Oliver Sava, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
  • As if the florals weren’t girlish enough, Kidman—styled by Jason Bolden—cinched her waist with a black satin bow belt.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • His comment about Shildt mad dogging him was childish and hilarious.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • But their tit for tat antics on social media have come across as particularly childish given their immense wealth and responsibilities.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Fleeing from their oppressive lives, our heroes, played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, take the standard trajectory of liberation embodied by the macho road movie and give it a feminist kick.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Toward the end of his career, his music became a little bit more macho and a little bit more violent.
    Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Lavin said Lukas loved to fish, so there will be a fishing dock in his honor, Genevieve was a girly girl and the boss of her brothers, Ben was artsy, and Archer was athletic.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Boyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyish. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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