girl

Meanings

Plural: girls

Noun

• a young woman
• a youthful female person
  • "the baby was a girl"
  • "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"
• a female human offspring
• a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
  • "his girlfriend kicked him out"
• a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
  • "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"
• A human female child.
• A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
• A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
• One's girlfriend.
• One's daughter.
• A female friend.
• A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
• (as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
• A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
• A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
• Cocaine, especially in powder form.
• A queen (the playing card).
• A roebuck two years old.
• A child of any gender.

Verb

• To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
• To staff with or as a girl or girls.

Synonyms

babe, benzoylmethylecgonine, bint, bird, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, cake, California corn flakes, char, charlady, charlie, charwoman, chick, ching, coke, colleen, corinne, crystals, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, daughter, elrig, female child, fille, flake, frail, gal, gel, girl, girlfriend, girlie, girly, grill, hard white, hottie, lady friend, lass, lassie, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, maidservant, marching powder, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, nose candy, nose powder, party powder, poppet, powder, pucelle, puss, quean, rock, rocks, slim, sniff, snow, snuff, tart, toot, wan, wash, wench, white, white girl, white lady, woman child, womanservant, yay, yayo, yola, young lady, young woman

Antonyms

boy, male child, son, woman

Related Words

miss