girl
noun
1 a five-year-old girl:
female child, young person, youngster, teenager, adolescent, young woman, young lady;
juvenile, minor, junior;
student, schoolgirl;
daughter;
Scottish, & Northern English lass, lassie, bairn;
West Indian pickney;
informal kid, kiddie, tot;
derogatory brat, chit.
2 a tall fair girl got off the train:
young woman, young lady, miss;
Scottish lass, lassie;
Irish colleen;
French mademoiselle;
Italian signorina;
Spanish señorita;
German Fräulein;
informal babe, chick, girly, filly;
British, informal bird;
North American, informal gal, Jane, sister;
Australian, New Zealand, informal sheila;
British, informal derogatory bint, mare;
British, informal dated Judy, popsy;
North American, informal dated frail, broad, dame;
archaic maid, maiden, damsel, demoiselle;
archaic or humorous wench.
3 his girl eloped with an accountant:
girlfriend, partner, lover, sweetheart, significant other, woman;
informal baby, bae, gf, steady;
Australian, informal dona;
Irish, informal mot;
Italian inamorata;
in Spanish-speaking regions querida;
Indian, informal bibi;
North American, informal dated squeeze;
dated lady, lady friend, lady love, young lady;
archaic leman.
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girl Oxford Dictionary of English