girl next door

plural girls next door

1. A regular, typical girl or woman, as opposed to a superstar.

   Near-synonym: ingenue

   3 more examples

   All he wanted was to marry the girl next door and have a happy life. Is that too much to ask?

   Playboy's motto is: the girl next door. They look for girls that are wholesome and fresh and young and naive. They look for all of that.

   1983, Teresa Carpenter, Bob Fosse, Star 80, spoken by Dorothy Stratten

   The Nippy became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and proper; […]

   2014, Paul Chrystal, Tea: A Very British Beverage

   Synonyms: ingenue · Antonyms: femme fatale, enchantress, femme fatale, man-eater, mantrap, seductress, she-wolf, siren