girlfriend

A1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/ UK /ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/ See IPA manual

Freq #954

Meanings

1

noun
A girl or woman that someone is romantically involved with.

He took his girlfriend out for dinner on her birthday.
2

noun
A female friend of a woman or girl.

She went shopping with her girlfriends on Saturday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a girl or woman that... girl

Word family

Forms girlfriends

Derived forms cybergirlfriendex-girlfriendfriendgirlgirlfrangirlfriendablegirlfriendhoodgirlfriendishgirlfriendlessgirlfriendlygirlfriendynongirlfriend

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Phrases (5)

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have a girlfriend
To be in a romantic relationship with a woman

Verb + noun
ex-girlfriend
A former romantic partner

Adjective + noun
new girlfriend
A romantic partner who has been with someone for only a short time

Adjective + noun
find a girlfriend
To meet and begin dating a romantic partner

Verb + noun
dump a girlfriend
To abruptly end a romantic relationship

Verb + noun

Etymology

Compound of girl + friend.

Topics

People & Society

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