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girl next door
[ gurl nekst dawr ]
noun
- a girl or woman who exemplifies traditional or old-fashioned norms of behavior, gender, and beauty, and is generally considered to be pleasant, unassuming, familiar, and uncontroversial (often used attributively):
People still think of me as that goody-goody girl next door.
The actresses, with their girl next door image, make audiences swoon with their big smiles and friendly eyes.
Word History and Origins
Origin of girl next door1
Example Sentences
When I ask if he’s ever felt pigeonholed in the billion-dollar-grossing phenomenon of “Saw,” Bell suggests that every actor gets pigeonholed, whether as “an ingenue, the girl next door,” or in his case, a “bad guy.”
Matt is ambitious, determined to be grown up and hopelessly in love with the girl next door.
As she falls in love with the girl next door, Avery is forced to dig into family secrets and the racist history of her new home.
No matter how many eras into her fame she is, she continues to be described as the girl next door and down to earth as if she could’ve been any other small town girl who worked hard and dreamed her way into being a pop star — except this isn’t really the case.
Thus she may be shocked to discover that the world views her as reality TV platinum – part wholesome girl next door, part Anna Delvey.
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