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girl
noun
1 girl
A young female.
synonyms: fille, miss, missy, young lady, young woman.
Roget 129:
infant,
babe,
baby,
babe in arms;
nurseling,
suckling,
yearling,
weanling;
papoose,
bambino;
kid;
vagitus.
child,
bairn [Scot.],
little one,
brat,
chit,
pickaninny,
urchin;
bantling,
bratling†;
elf.
youth,
boy,
lad,
stripling,
youngster,
youngun,
younker†,
callant†,
whipster†,
whippersnapper,
whiffet [U.S.],
schoolboy,
hobbledehoy,
hopeful,
cadet,
minor,
master.
scion;
sap,
seedling;
tendril,
olive branch,
nestling,
chicken,
larva,
chrysalis,
tadpole,
whelp,
cub,
pullet,
fry,
callow;
codlin, codling;
foetus,
calf,
colt,
pup,
foal,
kitten;
lamb,
lambkin†;
aurelia†,
caterpillar,
cocoon,
nymph,
nympha†,
orphan,
pupa,
staddle†.
girl;
lass,
lassie;
wench,
miss,
damsel,
demoiselle;
maid,
maiden;
virgin;
hoyden.
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Roget 374:
woman,
she,
her,
female,
petticoat.
feminality†,
muliebrity†;
womanhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131.
womankind;
the sex,
the fair;
fair sex,
softer sex;
weaker vessel.
dame,
madam,
madame,
mistress,
Mrs.
lady,
donna belle [Sp.],
matron,
dowager,
goody,
gammer†;
Frau [G.],
frow†,
Vrouw [Du.],
rani;
good woman,
good wife;
squaw;
wife
etc.
(marriage)
903;
matronage,
matronhood†.
bachelor girl,
new woman,
feminist,
suffragette,
suffragist.
nymph,
wench,
grisette†;
girl
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Effeminacy]
sissy,
betty,
cot betty [U.S.],
cotquean†,
henhussy†,
mollycoddle,
muff,
old woman.
[Female animal]
hen,
bitch,
sow,
doe,
roe,
mare;
she goat,
Nanny goat,
tabita;
ewe,
cow;
lioness,
tigress;
vixen.
gynecaeum†.
estrogen,
oestrogen.
consanguinity
etc.
166
[Female relatives],
paternity
etc.
11.
lesbian,
dyke [Slang].
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Dutch: juffie, jongedame, jongejuffrouw, juf
Polish: córka, dziewczyna, córeczka
2 girl
A youthful female person:
— The baby was a girl.
— The girls were just learning to ride a tricycle.
synonyms: female child, little girl.
Dutch: meiske, meid, griet, meisje
Polish: dziewczynka
3 girl
A female human offspring.
synonym: daughter.
Dutch: dochter, dochterlief
Polish: dziewczynka, córka
4 girl
A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved:
— His girlfriend kicked him out.
synonyms: girlfriend, lady friend.
Dutch: grietje
Polish: dziewczyna, panna
5 girl
A friendly informal reference to a grown woman.
Moby thesaurus: Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, Fraulein, abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, babe, baby, best girl, betrothed, betweenmaid, biddy, bird, broad, chambermaid, chaperon, chick, colleen, companion, cook, crumpet, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, daughter of Eve, deb, debutante, demoiselle, distaff, doll, domina, donna, dowager, dream girl, duenna, female, femme, femme de chambre, fiancee, fille de chambre, filly, frail, friend, frow, gal, gamine, gentlewoman, gill, girl friend, girlie, handmaid, handmaiden, heifer, hired girl, housemaid, hoyden, inamorata, jeune fille, jill, jo, junior miss, kitchenmaid, lady, lady friend, lady love, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lass, lassie, little missy, live-in maid, live-out maid, lover, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, maidservant, matron, milady, miss, missy, mistress, moll, mouse, nursemaid, nymphet, old lady, parlormaid, piece, quail, quiff, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, skirt, slip, soubrette, squaw, squeeze, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, sweetheart, tally, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, tweeny, twist, upstairs maid, virgin, vrouw, wahine, waiting maid, weaker vessel, wench, woman, young creature, young thing ... show more.
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