Skip to main content
princess

princess

225 1.1
A loving name for a woman or girl treated with special care
  • noun
  • /ˈprɪnsɛs/
  • Informal
translation icon : princesa
  • You havin' fun, princess?
  • feel like a princess
  • call her princess
  • a little princess

After a moment he said yes, yes Princess, this is this is well done.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • How is my princess?

  • All right, come on, princess, spit it out.

  • Wow, look at you getting the Princess treatment, Mama.

  • I feel like you treated me like the Princess, but I am not.

  • And not only that, Princess, you did it on your own.

  • You look like a princess.

  • You know, if you were a Princess in the castle, I'd rescue you.

  • Her eyes on his back were soft and full of wonder, like a princess in a fairy tale.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Return to her people, like a princess in a medieval fairytale.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • You treated me like a princess, making me feel special and cherished.

Antonyms

15 3.4

Not cared for or shown affection

4.1

Not given proper attention and often ignored by others

Idioms

3 6.1

Receive very special care and small luxuries

Compounds

A female royal who is next in line to the throne or the crown prince's wife

A yearly garden plant with long hanging red flower spikes

An American actress who became the princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III

9.9

A small evergreen plant that looks like a tiny pine tree and grows on forest floors

Title given to the oldest daughter of a British king or queen

How Cherished

sweetheart
  • Informal
1.0
princess
  • Informal
225 1.1
darling
  • Informal
1.0
dear
  • Informal
29 1.0

Surface Forms

princess singular
princesses plural

Morphology

princess = prince (transparent) = prince + ess

The affectionate sense is a metaphorical extension but still clearly built from 'prince' + '-ess'.

Etymology

Princess is a royal title, so people often call someone a princess to say she is special or should be treated with care. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine treating someone like a royal guest, which explains the word's loving, protective use.