Synonyms of girls

girls

noun

plural of girl

1

as in maidens

a young unmarried woman

he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maidens
• maids
• virgins
• damsels
• sisters
• fillies
• demoiselles
• misses
• birds
• debutantes
• lasses
• debs
• ingenues
• lassies
• senoritas
• colleens
• sheilas
• chits
• mademoiselles
• senhoritas

2

as in fillies

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood

when I was a girl, I wanted a horse so badly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fillies
• lasses
• nymphs
• lassies
• pixies
• missies
• misses
• sheilas
• schoolgirls
• teenyboppers
• tomboys
• junior misses
• bobby-soxers
• romps
• hoydens
• gamines
• subdebutantes
• snips

3

as in girlfriends

a female romantic companion

found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girlfriends
• women
• gals
• ladies
• lovers
• mistresses
• gills
• ladyloves
• old ladies
• inamoratas
• sweethearts
• valentines
• sweets
• flames
• favorites
• molls
• dears
• significant others
• darlings
• loves
• honeys
• beloveds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of girls

The musical sequel will center around a group of new teen girls who become the next Cheetah Girls, played by Leah Sava Jeffries, Carmen Sanchez, Kaileen Chang and Sophie Lennon. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 9 July 2026

The simultaneous girls’ night is only slightly more successful. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 July 2026

It’s dominated by a less than transparent booster, Eli James (Michael Hough), who comes with a self-important wife, Jemma (Mary Holland), and a pair of teenage twin girls who might be described as all dressed up with nowhere to go. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The agency said officers responded to a 911 call from maintenance workers in the morning hours of May 27 and found five people — including two underage girls — sleeping inside a vacant apartment at 730 Franklin Gateway. — Andre Butso, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

In the eight-episode series—adapted from a Elin Hilderbrand novel by the same name—Hollis organizes a girls’ weekend at her house on Nantucket and invites a friend from each stage of her life. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026

Brandy Melville and other brands seem to be caught up in this generation’s contradictory beauty standards for girls. — Sienna Feliciano, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

According to federal officials, investigators found that Brown arranged Uber trips to pick up one to three teenage girls from a state-run group home on multiple occasions in March 2024. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

The community activations are focused on empowering women in business and connecting girls with basketball fundamentals. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026