1
as in maidens
a young unmarried woman
he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
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
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
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of girls
Parents and alumni of Jesuit High School in Carmichael are doggedly fighting back against the Catholic all-boys school’s recent decision to begin accepting girls in 2027.
—
Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
The 15 families who are suing the Christian girls’ summer camp lost daughters who were campers and counselors, including several from the Dallas area.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
Japanese Imperial troops killed more than 200,000 unarmed men and civilians, and raped and tortured tens of thousands of women and girls, in what is known as the Nanjing Massacre – one of the most notorious wartime atrocities of the 20th century.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Families of those who perished in raging floodwaters at an all-girls camp in Texas this summer are suing the camp and its owners and operators, accusing them of negligence and reckless disregard.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
A lot of these young college-age girls are rooting for him, this father figure.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Thousands of young girls auditioned, but only 11 trainees made it to the show’s final rounds.
—Brooke Morrison, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Heather takes the primary, Meredith gets her bathtub, all without incident … the OG RHONY girls could never!
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
The 15 families who are suing the Christian girls’ summer camp lost daughters who were campers and counselors, including several from the Dallas area.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
Japanese Imperial troops killed more than 200,000 unarmed men and civilians, and raped and tortured tens of thousands of women and girls, in what is known as the Nanjing Massacre – one of the most notorious wartime atrocities of the 20th century.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Families of those who perished in raging floodwaters at an all-girls camp in Texas this summer are suing the camp and its owners and operators, accusing them of negligence and reckless disregard.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
A lot of these young college-age girls are rooting for him, this father figure.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Thousands of young girls auditioned, but only 11 trainees made it to the show’s final rounds.
—Brooke Morrison, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Heather takes the primary, Meredith gets her bathtub, all without incident … the OG RHONY girls could never!
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girls
Noun
-
This is a 1,000 year old tradition where two maidens are chosen to be slaughtered as repentance to one of their goddesses.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
-
Prized 2-year-olds trained by Bob Baffert ran an impressive 1-2 in their debuts in Sunday’s opening race, a six-furlong test for maidens.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
-
And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The whole team of professional athletes dressed up in costumes far from their red-and-blue NFL uniforms, with many players coordinating with their wives, girlfriends and fiancés, and Bush brought PEOPLE along for the entire wild ride with an exclusive photo diary from the event.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
-
One of the women, one of his first girlfriends, was very scared [to be part of the series].—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Elsewhere in the castle, Malcolm’s sister, Maura Grant, comes across Dougal shtupping one of her maids up against a wall.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
-
As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Crown and dignity Catalina Ruiz Navarro, a Colombian feminist activist and journalist based in Mexico City, argued that the nature of beauty pageants like Miss Universe places women in a patriarchal position.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
-
Since then, additional women have come forward with accusations against the comedian.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share