MISSY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A young female

Example:

a young lady of 18

Synonyms:

fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("missy" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "missy"):

working girl (a young woman who is employed)

valley girl (a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley)

hoyden; romp; tomboy (a girl who behaves in a boyish manner)

sweater girl (a girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters)

soubrette (a pert or flirtatious young girl)

shop girl (a young female shop assistant)

sex bomb; sex kitten; sexpot (a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal)

rosebud ((a literary reference to) a pretty young girl)

ring girl (a young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights)

peri (a beautiful and graceful girl)

party girl (an attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men)

mill-girl (a girl who works in a mill)

May queen; queen of the May (the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival)

maid; maiden (an unmarried girl (especially a virgin))

jeune fille; lass; lassie; young girl (a girl or young woman who is unmarried)

Gibson girl (the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson)

gamine (a girl of impish appeal)

gal (alliterative term for girl (or woman))

flapper (a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress)

bird; chick; dame; doll; skirt; wench (informal terms for a (young) woman)

colleen (an Irish girl)

chit (a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect)

chachka; tchotchke; tchotchkeleh; tsatske; tshatshke ((Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman)

bimbo (a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men)

belle (a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals)