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girlhood

[gurl-hood] / ˈgɜrl hʊd /
NOUN
adolescence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boyhood teens
STRONG
greenness juvenility minority pubescence spring youth youthfulness
Antonyms
WEAK
adulthood infancy
NOUN
age
Synonyms
STRONGEST
life maturity old age youth
STRONG
adolescence adulthood boyhood childhood dotage infancy lifetime majority senility seniority
WEAK
elderliness middle age
NOUN
greenness
Synonyms
STRONG
adolescence bloom boyhood childhood ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence juvenescence juvenility minority prime puberty spring springtide teens youthfulness
WEAK
awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age
Antonyms
STRONG
adulthood end experience knowledge
NOUN
juvenescence
Synonyms
STRONG
adolescence bloom boyhood childhood greenness ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence juvenility minority prime puberty spring springtide teens youthfulness
WEAK
awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age
Antonyms
STRONG
adulthood end experience knowledge
NOUN
juvenility
Synonyms
STRONG
adolescence bloom boyhood childhood greenness ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence juvenescence minority prime puberty spring springtide teens youthfulness
WEAK
awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age
Antonyms
STRONG
adulthood end experience knowledge
NOUN
puberty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adolescence
STRONG
boyhood greenness juvenescence juvenility potency pubescence spring springtide springtime teens youth youthfulness
WEAK
awkward stage high-school years preadolescence teenage years
Antonyms
STRONG
adulthood
NOUN
youth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
minority teens
STRONG
adolescence bloom boyhood childhood greenness ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence jejuneness jejunity juvenescence prime puberty springtide youngness youthfulness
WEAK
awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age
Antonyms
STRONG
adulthood experience knowledge
WEAK
maturity

Example Sentences

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A decade later, we are deep in the latest girlhood panic cycle, and this time the antagonist is the phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“This is such a girlhood experience,” said Littleton, who plans to enlist in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

She was in and out of psychiatric wards throughout our girlhood.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Viewing all the bridal gowns inspires Seema to wonder aloud whether her wedding dreams are residual programming from her girlhood, or if she’s right to want to wear one of those dresses someday.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025

During all of her girlhood the only respite Nel had had from her stem and undemonstrative parents was Sula.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison