Thesaurus:girl
THESAURUS | girl |
English
Synonyms
- bint (slang)
- chick (slang)
- colleen (Irish)
- damoiselle (historical)
- damsel
- elrig (obsolete, UK, back slang)
- frail (dated, slang, possibly offensive)
- gal (colloquial, perhaps somewhat dated)
- gel (UK)
- girl
- girlie (colloquial)
- girly (childish)
- grill (internet slang)
- lass (archaic, informal)
- lassie (Scotland, Northern UK)
- little girl
- maggie (obsolete)
- maid (dated, poetic)
- maid child (archaic)
- maiden (now chiefly literary)
- miss
- missy
- moggy (obsolete)
- poppet
- pucelle (archaic)
- puss
- quean (Scotland)
- wan (Ireland)
- wench (archaic)
- woman child (archaic)
Antonyms
- woman [WS]
- boy [WS]
Hyponyms
- frippet
- grisette
- hoyden
- ingenue
- ladette
- lolita [WS]
- schoolgirl
- tomboy
Hypernyms
- female [WS]
- person [WS]
- child [WS]
Further reading
- “129. infant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “374. woman” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “girl” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.