DOLLS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

dolls

noun

plural of doll

as in dollies

a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom

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as in beauties

a physically attractive person her new boyfriend is a real doll

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dogs

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Recent Examples of dolls Now the museum has it, along with my students’ notes of appreciation, and the kids’ drawings, and a Russian Soviet Republic flag, and the dolls from the little girls. —

Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026 Already last November, Spring ensured that characters featured in the parade, from Pac-Man to Labubu dolls, were also prominently displayed in its stores. —

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026 Directed by Ash Winkfield, an all-Black cast of puppeteers portrays the stories of individual dolls inspired by Hoyt’s collection, from antebellum cloth dolls to a Thomas Edison talking doll. —

Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026 Milk Mura, a short stroll from Sushi Dokoro Ichii, offers a whimsical twist on this tradition, serving sets of housemade soft serve alongside a choice of over 100 liquors and liqueurs (2,000 yen) in a storybook interior cluttered with trinkets like dolls and clocks. —

New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026 The new Barbie joins the Fashionistas Line, which includes dolls with type 1 diabetes, Down syndrome, and blindness. —

Sarah Scott, Parents, 12 Jan. 2026 Lottie sells dolls with autism, while Lego has released minifigures representing non-visible disabilities. —

Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026 Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, a religion far more complex than the tired tropes of straw dolls and pins. —

Caitlin Gunther, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026 The resale prices of Labubus started to fall after Pop Mart increased production of the dolls to meet demand, according to CNBC. —

Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Each band’s gear had been set up on dollies and risers, secured under forty-foot-long tents.

— Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Most carts, dollies, and internal transport tools are discarded simply because a single part failed or the workflow changed.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025