girlfriend

A1 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/ UK /ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/
noun verb Freq #954

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A girl or woman that someone is romantically involved with.

    He took his girlfriend out for dinner on her birthday.

  2. 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

Common collocations

Etymology

Compound of girl + friend.

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