Thelma and Louise

noun

A pair of freedom-seeking women who are close friends and are brash, strong, independent and feisty, and perhaps self-destructive.

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Meanings

nounThelma and Louise (plural Thelma and Louises)

plural Thelma and Louises

  1. A pair of freedom-seeking women who are close friends and are brash, strong, independent and feisty, and perhaps self-destructive.

    we are the Thelma and Louise of the west coast of Ireland

    2026, Marie Gleeson, Be Like the Sea: Life, Learnings and Leadership from an Irish Navy Captain, Gill Books
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    the participants in Regina Regina were the 'Thelma and Louise of country music' in 1996

    2006, Colin Larin, editor, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio - Rich Kids, MUZE, page 837

    Gloria Steinem... referred to herself and Kennedy as the "Thelma and Louise of the seventies".

    2006, Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975, University of Illinois Press, page 250

    How (and maybe why) the Thelma and Louise of capybaras made their daring Toronto escape

    2016 May 25, Toronto34, “How (and maybe why) the Thelma and Louise of capybaras made their daring Toronto escape”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2026

Origin

From the eponymous heroines of the movie Thelma & Louise.

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Thelma and Louise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thelma%20and%20Louise

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“Thelma and Louise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thelma%20and%20Louise. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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