girlhood
Before becoming woman
Girlhood is the state or time of being a girl—the period before a female reaches womanhood.
It evokes childhood experiences specific to girls: She spent her girlhood on a farm in Nebraska.
The word can also refer to girls collectively: the girlhood of America.
Compare boyhood.
Sexual development stage
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
rites-of-passage · self-discovery · maturation · coming-of-age · debut
Life's earliest phase
- preteenChild approaching adolescence
- school-ageOf compulsory learning years
- playmatesCompanions in recreation
- recessPause in activity
games · friends · cliques · crushes · homework · extracurricular · classroom · sports
Toy human figures
- pigtailsTwin braids of hair
- diariesPersonal daily records
- playgroundsOutdoor spaces for children
- dress-upPlay involving costumes
storybooks · lullabies · hopscotch · schoolyard · scrapbooks
Bond among women
dresses · skirts · grace · empathy · sensitivity · nurturing · softness · jewelry
Uncontaminated quality
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
- guilelessFree from deceit
- trustfulDisposed to believe others
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
naivety · wholesomeness · angelic · unspoiled · carefree · wonder · imagination · make-believe
Progress toward maturity
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
- emergenceComing into existence
becoming · transformation · learning · socialization · awakening · budding · evolving · maturing
puberty
Sexual development stage
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
confirmation · rites-of-passage · self-discovery · maturation · coming-of-age · debut
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- preteenChild approaching adolescence
- school-ageOf compulsory learning years
- playmatesCompanions in recreation
recess · games · friends · cliques · crushes · homework · extracurricular · classroom · sports · tweens
dolls
Toy human figures
- pigtailsTwin braids of hair
- diariesPersonal daily records
- playgroundsOutdoor spaces for children
dress-up · storybooks · lullabies · hopscotch · schoolyard · scrapbooks
sisterhood
Bond among women
ribbons · dresses · skirts · grace · empathy · sensitivity · nurturing · softness · jewelry · perfume
purity
Uncontaminated quality
childlike · naivety · wholesomeness · angelic · unspoiled · carefree · wonder · imagination · make-believe · daydreaming
development
Progress toward maturity
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
emergence · becoming · transformation · learning · socialization · awakening · budding · evolving · maturing · ripening
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- womenmothers, women, females, gals, daughters
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- gendergender, male, female, masculine, feminine
- Barbie aesthetichot pink, fuchsia, bubblegum pink, glitter, rhinestones