Synonyms of girlhood

girlhood

noun

1

as in boyhood

Related Words

• boyhood
• childhood
• adolescence
• toddlerhood
• youth
• minority
• springtime
• infancy
• nonage
• babyhood
• immaturity
• juvenility
• juvenescence

Dissimilar Words

• adulthood
• majority
• winter
• midlife
• middle age
• sunset
• senectitude

2

as in maidenhood

Related Words

• maidenhood
• womanhood
• effeminacy
• femaleness
• girlishness
• femininity
• womanliness
• feminity
• effeteness
• womanishness
• muliebrity

Dissimilar Words

• manhood
• masculinity
• manliness
• virility
• boyishness
• androgyny
• tomboyishness
• mannishness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of girlhood

There’s something quietly captivating and a little uncomfortable about the pavement snaps of girlhood; some teens accompanied by mothers, others affecting nonchalance, or standing on their hands to get attention. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

This has been much lamented by those who came to the brand through its commitment to fully realizing American girlhood through history. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

The latest DreamWorks animation feature is an unmissable celebration of Filipino culture and the power of friendships in girlhood. — Parents, 25 Sep. 2026

This fall, New York museums are mounting an intriguing mix of shows that speak to notions of girlhood, nostalgia, and feminine self-expression across time, cultures, and creative disciplines. — Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

Now Carrie enters public school for the very first time, and with the reemergence of formidable telekinetic abilities, her blissful naivety of girlhood and her wide-open heart make her easy prey for physical and online bullies. — Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Growing up, pop culture’s representations of girlhood included a blonde Wakefield twin from Sweet Valley High, a post-makeover Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club, and a big-breasted bombshell manufactured by some dorks with a Commodore 64. — Lisa Whittington-Hill, Longreads, 27 Aug. 2026

Chester Dale, whose bequest forms the core of the NGA’s Cassatt holdings, favored the range of her female subjects, from girlhood and adolescence to adulthood and old age. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Now, she's been immortalized with a Barbie doll and the pink energy of girlhood is headed for State Farm Arena. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026