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 The merch table was selling posters from the 2024 Barbie concert tour for $20, and the cheapest Barbie dolls being sold for $25 were gone after just a few hours. —

Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026 This mystery dumpling craze parallels that of plushy Labubu dolls, which became a worldwide sensation last year after Lisa, a performer in K-pop group Blackpink, was spotted sporting the toy. —

Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026 The nonprofit tried again in February, focusing on three distributors in Germany that sell the dolls. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolls

Noun

The 750-ton building was placed onto 20 dollies and moved onto city property where it was ultimately restored and opened as a museum and events venue.

— Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
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