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 In the week leading up to the free concert, sales of BTS merchandise - from glow sticks to blankets to dolls - rose 430% from a week earlier at Shinsegae Duty Free's headquarters in Myeongdong. —

Cynthia Kim, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026 The dolls themselves were not contaminated with the drug, according to investigators, but the substance was found taped inside the back of the toy’s packaging. —

Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026 One of the earliest biopics imagined her life story, and her name graced everything from dolls to decanters. —

Marla Miller, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026 Ostensibly an effort to recenter the female perspective in some of the most famous tales from the Book of Genesis, the three-part event miniseries instead treats its characters like paper dolls to be pushed around at the whims of a narrative set in stone millennia ago. —

Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026 Moore was a silent film star who was fascinated by dolls and doll houses as a youngster. —

Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026 Lizzy has gone through at least a dozen dolls, Executive Director Ali Crumpacker said. —

Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026 In an expansion of its business of processing pharmaceuticals in Earth’s orbit, Varda Space Industries is renting a large El Segundo plant where toy manufacturer Mattel used to design Hot Wheels and Barbie dolls. —

Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026 Here's what to know as Fat Tuesday approaches When will the Music Career dolls be released? —

Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025

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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