tomboyish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a tomboy.

Similar
tomboyfulhoydenishunwomanly
OriginEnglish tomboy ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia →
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Meanings

adjectivetomboyish (comparative more tomboyish, superlative most tomboyish)

comparative more tomboyish · superlative most tomboyish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tomboy.

    Synonyms: tomboyful

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a tomboy.

Similar
tomboyful

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveused of girls; wild and boisterous

Similar
hoydenishunwomanly
Also see
hoydenishmasculinetomboyfulunwomanly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Aramaicתאמא
  2. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  3. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  4. LatinThōmās
  5. Middle EnglishThomas
  6. Middle EnglishThomme
  7. EnglishTom
  8. Englishtom
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  10. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  12. Old English*bōia
  13. Middle Englishboye
  14. Englishboy
  15. Englishtomboy
  16. Englishtomboyish

From tomboy + -ish.

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APA

tomboyish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomboyish

MLA

“tomboyish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomboyish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tomboyish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tomboyish.

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