girl

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. lass, maid, damsel; servant, clerk. See female, youth. Ant., boy.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A young female]

Syn. young woman, schoolgirl, miss, lass, coed, lassie, damsel, damosel, maid, maiden, tomboy, teenager, colleen, mademoiselle, señorita, senhorita, young thing, filly*, subdeb*, junior miss*, nymph*, nymphet*, bobby soxer*, chick*, bird*, pigeon*, kitten*, minx*, broad*, deb*, skirt*, dame*, babe*.

2. [A female domestic]

Syn. maid, help, waitress; see servant .

3. [*A female beloved]

Syn. sweetheart, girlfriend, fiancée; see girlfriend , lover 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

female, lass, lassie, maiden, miss, *filly, damsel, wench, *chick, *babe, *dame, mademoiselle, debutante, belle, tomboy, *muchacha. Innocence playing in the mud, beauty standing on its head, and motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.''—Allan Beck.