0%

girl friday

girl Fri·day
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gurl frahy-dey, -dee]
    • /gɜrl ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gurl frahy-dey, -dee]
    • /gɜrl ˈfraɪ deɪ, -di/

Definitions of girl friday words

  • abbreviation GIRL FRIDAY gal Friday. 1
  • noun girl friday a female employee who has a wide range of duties, usually including secretarial and clerical work 0
  • noun girl friday A right-hand woman. 0

Information block about the term

Origin of girl friday

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40; modeled on man Friday

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Girl friday

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

girl friday popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

girl friday usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for girl friday

noun girl friday

  • assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
  • gal friday — Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
  • hired hand — a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.

Antonyms for girl friday

noun girl friday

  • man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?