girl

noun

ˈgər(-ə)l How to pronounce girl (audio)
Definition of girlnext
1
as in maid
a young unmarried woman he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like

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2
as in filly
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood when I was a girl, I wanted a horse so badly

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3
as in girlfriend
a female romantic companion found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl

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Recent Examples of girl The team also analyzed the remains of two young girls found at another site, Cerro Esmeralda, previously believed to have died by strangulation. — ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 Federal prosecutors said the men exploited three girls who had run away from foster care, taking advantage of their ages, unstable living situations and lack of family support. — Eric Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 In 2014, Boko Haram took almost three hundred girls from a secondary school in Chibok; the whereabouts of some ninety are still unknown. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for girl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girl
  1. maid
  2. filly
  3. girlfriend
  4. maiden
  5. lass
  6. woman
Noun
  • Based on Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel, the sequel picks up as Sweeney’s Millie, who works as a live-in maid for wealthy families, takes a new job — this time keeping house for a woman she’s never allowed to see.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If Lizzie is Cinderella, then actor Vicky Krieps’s Bridget Sullivan, the Bordens’ live-in maid, is her fairy godmother.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of maid
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  • Later, three-year-old fillies take center stage in the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes on the inner turf course before the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes headlines the card.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Thoroughbred filly Counting Stars delivered a stellar performance, winning the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga in 2026.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of filly
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  • Johnson created the story of Nancy (Emilia Jones), who is not a girlfriend, but a crush who Bourdain foolhardily (and under false pretenses) follows to Provincetown after not getting a writing fellowship.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sheila Kuehl played Zelda Gilroy, Dobie’s smart and confident classmate and eventual girlfriend.
    — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • At the Lortel, her one-woman show plays out on a candlestick-heavy gothic set by Derek McLane that resembles a Barbie Dreamhouse modded for a Meat Loaf video, and Cohen enters in an haute-Ren-faire pink maiden’s dress by Kelsey Randall.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Lucknow Super Giants quick Mohsin Khan conceded just two runs in 12 balls against Sooryavanshi, dismissing him twice and even bowling a maiden over.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of maiden
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  • The plot imperative of future Irina surviving to play a significant role in later seasons of For All Mankind gives us so much runway to imagine wild twists and turns for this crafty lass.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
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  • So anyone and anything can become a stand-in for their outrage, even if the target didn’t do anything to hurt any of us, like the random woman who got death threats after she was caught on cam with her boss at a Coldplay concert.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
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“Girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girl. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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