ladies

noun

Definition of ladiesnext
plural of lady
1
as in women
an adult female human being "ladies and gentlemen, please observe closely," said the magician

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2
as in wives
a female partner in a marriage in public the husband was frequently seen holding hands with his lady

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3
as in duchesses
a woman of high birth or social position the ladies of the royal court were all dressed extravagantly

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4
as in girlfriends
a female romantic companion when do we get to meet your new lady?

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Recent Examples of ladies Oh, Jenn wants to be just as successful as the rest of the ladies and is trying to figure out how to make more money. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen is adding a few more gentlemen (and ladies) for its third season, which has started production in UK and Morocco. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 Backed up by a fleet of dancers, the ladies then marched onto the runway and finished out the number with their signature, high-energy choreography, fitting right in with the models in custom pink-and-black bustiers and miniskirts. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026 Witnessing the ladies’ head-turning ‘fits with Hulu + Live TV’s help would be a wise choice indeed. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 The drunkest of the three drunk ladies gives the historical cannon a kick, then does some comical hopping around, indicating, Ouch, my foot. — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 Griffith soon began courting 22-year-old Christina Mesmer, nicknamed Tina, who was considered one of the city’s most eligible young ladies. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 His friends—these would have been the idle ladies of Moscow society, Countess Khomyakova and Princess Tuchkova and Countess Orlova and others in their circle. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 The young ladies in the show are calling each other out and keeping each other accountable. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladies
  1. women
  2. wives
  3. matrons
  4. girlfriends
  5. females
  6. queens
  7. girls
  8. dames
Noun
  • Ne-Yo endeared himself to a legion of women bruised by the very men who’d eventually steer R&B into an era of lawlessness.
    — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
  • People with chronic health conditions, pregnant women, young children and anyone 65 or older are at higher risk of developing complications from the flu, and Turner urged anyone fitting those categories to take extra precautions this season.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of women
Noun
  • Our hearts go out to the wives, even when their actions don’t deserve it.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • With her immense popularity, Swift has drawn more viewers to the sport, and the NFL is trying to replicate that success with other star players’ wives and girlfriends.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of wives
Noun
  • There was also a shift toward elaborate descriptions of what society matrons wore to events, and again, women were believed to be more able to provide these verbal illustrations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of matrons
Noun
  • Like many girlfriends throughout history, Marilyn wound up spending a lot of time with her boyfriend’s best friend.
    — Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Both players, arrested in the offseason on charges tied to domestic abuse involving their girlfriends, remain the subjects of ongoing league investigations.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • Despite most of the country supporting the separation of biological males and females in sports, the vocal minority can be vicious.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The cloned females carried the exact same genome as the donor male (except for the Y chromosome).
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of females
Noun
  • This earlier Russell work did not include acid queens, pinball wizards, or teenage-wasteland messiahs.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Rihanna, Beyoncé — of course the OG queens, the Patti LaBelles, the Stephanie Mills, all of them like that.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of queens
Noun
  • Two teenage girls spent months plotting a mass shooting in Riverside County, officials say.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The project at Trinity, an all-girls Roman Catholic school, ties into the church’s global initiatives to embrace environmental justice.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of girls
Noun
  • Such parties, often thrown by the grandes dames of Washington in their palaces dotted around town, were an opportunity for political rivals to meet in fizzing comity over catered meals and coupes of Bollinger.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Still, the biography offers a nearly contemporary portrait of one of Western literature’s grand dames, as well as some useful context around the publication of her novels, beginning with Sense and Sensibility.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
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“Ladies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladies. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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