Thesaurus results for GIRLS

girls

noun

plural of girl

as in maidens

a young unmarried woman he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like

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as in fillies

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood when I was a girl, I wanted a horse so badly

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as in girlfriends

a female romantic companion found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl

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Recent Examples of girls When the all-girls boarding school for young witches first appeared on the show, the historic Buckner Mansion in New Orleans was used for exterior shots, underscoring Coven’s spooky Southern Gothic aesthetic. — Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026 The ordering should be pleasant like the voices of the elevator girls in department stores. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Among other things, the series revealed that the company’s own researchers had found Instagram made body image issues worse for some teenage girls. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 As evidence, Buckner cited comments Cunningham made earlier this year in an ESPN article about trans athletes competing against girls. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 In 2021, 30 percent of ninth-grade girls identified as lesbian or bisexual. — Casey Parks, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Some were in suits, some in denim overalls, a lot of women and girls in pastel summer dresses. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 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, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
Ritual gifts include incense, flowers, perfume, cosmetics and soap, which Hor said are believed to bring beauty and charm after being blessed by the cowherd and seven maidens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of maidens

Noun

Five older fillies and mares were entered in the 61/2-furlong sprint on the main track.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
The Alcibiades and Jessamine are also worth watching because both are for two-year-old fillies, meaning the field is making its first serious appearance on a big stage.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of fillies

Noun

Men shouted abuse from car windows or tried to bribe him with money, drugs, even girlfriends.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
The show follows the wives, girlfriends and partners of prisoners, with Glen playing a career criminal whose lavish lifestyle is running out, along with his money.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of girlfriends

Noun

This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Jackson was particularly vocal in her criticism of the show’s shallow scripts, which featured plotlines about them going undercover as French maids, showgirls, lifeguards and, perhaps most infamously, prison inmates.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of maids

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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

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