DOLLY BIRD Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

dolly bird

noun

ˈdä-lē-ˌbərd

Definition of dolly bird

British

as in queen

an attractive woman Back in the swinging '60s, she was one of London's most celebrated dolly birds.

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Recent Examples of dolly bird These girls were miles apart from the dolly birds and English roses across the channel. — Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023 Try styling them like Bianca Jagger and her clan of ’70s disco glamazons, or take inspiration from ’60s mod dolly birds with their A-line dresses and perfect coifs. — Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019 She's been a grunge angel, a dolly bird, a latter-day Warhol superstar, a preppy gone bad, an award-winning Hollywood actress and a crush-worthy girl in the crowd at Bowery Ballroom, the doyenne of downtown and a nice Connecticut girl. — Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2013

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Noun

This fall marks the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, the cult classic, semi-anachronistic retelling of the young queen’s life of luxury and lovelessness in 18th-century France.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Some models, like those with trundles or futon-style daybeds, can fold out to a full- or even queen-sized bed.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of queen

Noun

Based on the legend of the Chinese goddess Chang’e, this book reimagines and expands the myth to center her daughter, Xingyin, who flees her home and embarks on a bold adventure to save her mother while training in enemy territory.

— Chloe Gong, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
South Korean girl group’s name was inspired by the Greek goddess of the moon and NASA’s Artemis program.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of goddess

Noun

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

The audiovisual media teacher, actress and dancer, born in Hialeah, had to deal with attacks on social media criticizing her weight, her age, and for not having the look some believe a beauty queen should have.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
The former beauty queen with her blond Rapunzel locks was onstage wearing a bronze satin blouse and flowing white trousers.

— Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of beauty queen

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