Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gal
3 senses of gal
Sense 1
gallon, gal -- (United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters)
=> United States liquid unit -- (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)
Sense 2
gal -- (a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo))
=> acceleration unit -- (a unit for measuring acceleration)
Sense 3
gal -- (alliterative term for girl (or woman))
=> girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille -- (a young woman; "a young lady of 18")