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filly

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of filly

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
Synonyms of filly

girl, lass, lassie, miss, missy, nymph, sheila [Australian {amp}amp; New Zealand]
Words Related to filly

bobby-soxer, junior miss, schoolgirl, subdebutante, teenybopper

gamine, hoyden, pixie (also pixy), romp, snip, tomboy

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