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girlish

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Synonyms & Antonyms of girlish

1 as in girlie

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for girlish

girlie
(or girly)

female,
feminine,
womanish,
womanlike,
womanly

effeminate,
effete,
epicene,
sissified,
sissy,
unmanly

ladylike

distaff,
petticoat

ultrafeminine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for girlish

unfeminine,
unwomanly

boyish,
hoydenish,
tomboyish

male,
manlike,
manly,
mannish,
masculine,
virile

androgynous,
neuter

Amazonian

butch

hairy-chested,
hypermasculine,
macho

2 as in young, boyish

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for girlish

boyish,
juvenescent,
kiddish,
young,
youngish,
youthful

babyish,
childish,
infantile,
infantilized,
infantine

maidenly,
virginal

adolescent,
callow,
green,
immature,
inexperienced,
juvenile,
puerile,
raw,
unfledged,
unformed,
unripe,
unripened

ingenuous,
innocent,
naive
(or naïve),
tender

unknowing,
unseasoned,
unsophisticated,
untrained,
untried

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for girlish

adult,
experienced,
grown-up,
mature,
ripe

advanced,
precocious

knowing,
savvy,
sophisticated,
worldly,
worldly-wise

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