tomboy
tomboy
Definition
tom·boy (täm′bo̵i′)
tom′·boy′·ish adjective
tom′·boy′·ishly adverb
tom′·boy′·ish·ness noun
tomboy
Synonyms
tomboy
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: She plays a tomboy who thinks she is in love with Lt Danny Gilmartin, well played by Stephen Brennan.
Adjective modifier
- little: She was a solitary little tomboy, living in her own world and talking out loud to herself.
- feisty: Feisty tomboy Sara begins to put soccer aside as she develops a close friendship with her classmate Samir.
Modifies a noun
- mechanic: But it also fits perfectly with the girl-next-door image that she's had since she was Charlene, the tomboy mechanic in Neighbors.
- antic: The true star of the show is Gregory Peck's daughter and her tomboy antics along with her brother and their friend.
- role: She kept her hold on the public for nearly 30 years, mainly in comic tomboy roles.
- sister: To mend his ways, he decides to find his tomboy sister Phoenix ( Zhao ) a husband.
- identity: This project seeks to explore how tomboy identities are constructed by children in primary schools.
Noun used with modifier
- childhood: His childhood tomboy i thought that million first prize.
