Thesaurus results for GIRLFRIEND

girlfriend

noun

ˈgər(-ə)l-ˌfrend

Definition of girlfriend

as in woman

a female romantic companion he proposed to his girlfriend of seven years

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Recent Examples of girlfriend The same day the man's body was found, authorities arrested Wilson, O'Hara's girlfriend, charging her with making false statements to Newton County investigators. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Paxton was also seen partying with Tracy Duhon, a Christian influencer who became his girlfriend. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026 Dussie Mae is Ma’s girlfriend but quickly catches the eye of Levee. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026 Mockler’s girlfriend, Eumie Shin, is also a liberal internet influencer, known online as Eumieverse. — Edward Robert McClelland, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for girlfriend

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Forty years after two powerful men met in Reykjavík, three women—indeed, three world leaders—came together to continue the conversation.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
The overwhelming majority of men and women will never hurt anyone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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Such laws would require third-party audits of social media algorithms to identify any harmful patterns, such as serving eating-disorder content to young girls more than to other groups.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Two identical 64-year-old twins, both mid-sized, appeared alongside a zany mix of punky, straight and mid-size girls.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of girl

Noun

The drunkest of the three drunk ladies gives the historical cannon a kick, then does some comical hopping around, indicating, Ouch, my foot.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
The lady handling the cart would flip them on a griddle, perfectly crisping them on each side, before sliding them onto a plate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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