Meaning

A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship..

Definitions by Sense

1. A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
2. (somewhat dated) A female friend of a woman or girl.
3. (LGBTQ) A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
4. A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.
5. To be a girlfriend to (someone).
6. To have (someone) as a girlfriend.

Example Sentences

Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.

I was playing the acoustic guitar and my girlfriend was playing the drums.

A gentleman did not like his girl-friend to have to undergo so much unpleasant questioning.

Want to pick some flowers, doctor? When a man visits an old girlfriend she usually expects something like that.

Former Playboy Bunnies Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson, whose lives as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends were featured in “The Girls Next Door” reality show, are feuding after Madison shared the claims of their less-than-glamorous life in the Playboy Mansion.

Referring to someone as your boyfriend or girlfriend suggests several things about your relationship, said Leah Carey, a sex and relationship coach and podcast host of “Good Girls Talk About Sex.”

Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.

She's a very special girl (The kind of girl you want to know) / From her head down to her toenails (Down to her feet, yeah) / And she'll wait for me at backstage with her girlfriends / In a limousine (Long and black and shining bright)

Word Forms

• girlfriends
• girl friend
• girl-friend
• girlfran
• girlfriending
• girlfriended

Synonyms for girlfriend

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When Should You Use Girlfriend?

Use girlfriend when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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