as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life
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Recent Examples of filly
Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, March 2 the fine 3-year-old fillies will challenge for a spot in the Kentucky Oaks with the feature Race 6 Santa Ysabel Stakes.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, March 2 the fine 3-year-old fillies will challenge for a spot in the Kentucky Oaks with the feature Race 6 Santa Ysabel Stakes.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filly
Noun
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Research suggests that autism is more than three times more common among boys than girls, but many experts believe it is frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed in girls.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jay Kelly star Adam Sandler brings his favorite girl, wife Jackie Sandler, to the big event.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Pippi is this young, really strong, nine-year-old kick-ass gal, redefining the roles in a strict little town where people don’t expect a young lass to be living on her own.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Dec. 2025
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Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Filly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filly. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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