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

Home to Camp Rockmont for boys and Merri-Mac for girls (among others), this small Blue Ridge Mountain town is just 15 miles east of Asheville. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Patty, an aerobics instructor, went to the bar with a coworker for a girls’ night out, according to the Gifford family. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

The participants were members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a congregation originally founded in Bavaria to teach girls. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

Here’s how to style flip-flops like the fashion girls this season and beyond. — India Roby, Glamour, 16 July 2026

The area facing additional downpours includes Texas Hill Country, which saw devastating flash flooding last July that left more than 130 dead, including 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Dobbins was also the program’s first football coach and won several state championships coaching the Eagles girls basketball team. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

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

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