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 The ladies were also joined by VMAs nominee Sombr and, randomly, Seth Rogen. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026 Basner arrived there from a five-year stint selling ladies knitted sweaters. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 Still, there’s no panic from the ladies in seafoam even after watching two stars hobbled in a matter of days as the regular season ended. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 The store operates with the help of several neighborhood ladies who volunteer their time. — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026 For the ladies, Ron's crew provides cherries that are dangled over their faces. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Prevailing xenophobic notions of the time would have insisted on Bridget’s culpability, particularly when Irish women were seen as more likely to be able to swing an ax than leisurely ladies like Lizzie. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026 After a riveting night of dance from the male contestants, the ladies took to ballroom floor by storm. — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 Bro-country, the prevailing country trend of the 2010s, was defined by songs that were interchangeable, using the familiar signifiers of trucks, tailgates, and ladies in jean shorts, usually set to the same midtempo beat. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladies
  1. women
  2. wives
  3. matrons
  4. girlfriends
  5. females
  6. queens
  7. girls
  8. dames
Noun
  • An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in an apartment building in Gaza City early on Saturday, health and civil defence service officials said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The conference — 20 men and women pontificating, arguing, strategizing, hashing out the truth — is the entire movie.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of women
Noun
  • Becca and Renee Good were not legally married, according to a family lawyer, but referred to one another as wives.
    — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But in 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court overruled the convictions — arguing that jurors shouldn’t have been allowed to hear information about Randolph’s previous wives, including Gault, and his time in prison.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 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
  • Meet Allison Kaye, a makeup artist whose entire business is traveling around the country getting athletes' wives and girlfriends glammed up for game day.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to testimony from Perry Bowick, the series will include stories of firsthand memories from Perry’s friends David Pressman and Roger Castillo, along with several former girlfriends.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • The bears, which are normally solitary creatures, can be picky when choosing mates, and females are only in heat for one to three days each year.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The victims include five 18-year-old males, five 17-year-old males and two 18-year-old females.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of females
Noun
  • This is hardly new, and scream queens, in particular, are often left to the whims of the internet.
    — Mariam Bagdady, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Royal rewears are a trend among Europe’s most prominent queens and princesses.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of queens
Noun
  • The subtitle of the play includes the words mean girls, which of course references the American pop culture behemoth.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Not long after both girls had been discharged, a mutual acquaintance connected their two families, who gathered in Marris’ backyard.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of girls
Noun
  • 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
  • But Broadwick is doing something different to the grand dames and glassy international transplants.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
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“Ladies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladies. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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