Girl definition

Girl as a noun

1. a young female

   Same sense: miss, young woman, young lady, missy, fille

2. a youthful female person

   "the baby was a girl"

   Same sense: little girl, female child

3. a female human offspring

   Same sense: daughter

4. a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved

   "his girlfriend kicked him out"

   Same sense: lady friend, girlfriend

5. a friendly informal reference to a grown woman

   "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"

Synonyms and antonyms

• miss definition
• young woman
• young lady
• missy
• fille
• little girl
• female child
• daughter
• lady friend
• girlfriend

Opposite: boy.

All synonyms of girl, sense by sense

How to say girl

Girl has 1 syllable and rhymes with earl. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with girl

• earl
• pearl
• curl
• swirl
• schoolgirl
• merle
• whirl
• hurl
• cowgirl
• twirl
• whorl
• burl

GIRL in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

0

Is GIRL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GIRL in the word checker, or unscramble GIRL to see the shorter words in its letters.