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

In terms of lead or co-lead roles, women and girls have seen progress (38 films in 2025 compared to 20 in 2007), but the figure dipped from the 19-year high of 55 lead/co-lead roles in 2024. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

But Butler continued coaching girls under the AAU until 2018. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026

Like the majority of inmates on death row, the three men being executed on Thursday all killed women or girls. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

That image of these girls putting on their cheap, Dollar General glitter with the sweat and the smell, the texture was so important to me. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

Concertgoer Troy Grevelding, from the Syracuse area, posted video online after the incident, accusing the suspect of exposing himself, then urinating on him, his wife and at least one member of his brother’s family, including two young girls. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

The brutal unsolved murders of four teenage girls in December 1991 had been a subject of discussion in her own hometown of Austin, Texas for 34 years. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

Participation rates in youth sports among trans girls are barely a third of those of cis girls. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

For many young girls, back-to-school season is a prime time to test out new hairdos and styles for the upcoming year. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026