Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
girl (noun)1.
a) a female child from birth to adulthood
b) - daughter
c) a young unmarried woman
d) sometimes offensive a single or married woman of any age
2.
a) - sweetheart
b) sometimes offensive a female servant or employee
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
girl (noun)1.
a young unmarried woman
SYNONIMS:
damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, missRELATED WORDS:
virgin; deb, debutante, ingenue ( ingénue); bird [], chick [], chicken, chit, filly, lass, lassie, sheila [], sister; colleen, mademoiselle, senhorita, senorita ( señorita)2.
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
SYNONIMS:
filly, lass, lassie, miss, missy, nymph, sheilaRELATED WORDS:
bobby-soxer, junior miss, schoolgirl, subdebutante, teenybopper; gamine, hoyden, pixie ( pixy), romp, snip, tomboy3.
a female romantic companion
SYNONIMS:
gal, gill, girl, inamorata, lady, ladylove, old lady, womanRELATED WORDS:
mistress, moll; beloved, darling, dear, favorite, flame, honey, love, lover, significant other, sweet, sweetheart, valentine