Synonyms for cinderella
ˌsɪn dəˈrɛl əcin·derel·la

Princeton's WordNet

1. Cinderellanoun

   a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition

2. Cinderellanoun

   a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince

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1. • Fictional Character
   • Woman

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How to use cinderella in a sentence?

1. Michelle Starkey:

   I just wanted to be like Cinderella for a night.

2. Nathan MacKinnon:

   I'm glad we're playing Tampa, we are playing the best, it's no Cinderella story. It's two of the best teams in the league going at it and we're really excited for this challenge. It's going to be very, very difficult. But I believe in this group and we believe in each other.

3. Jamie Raskin:

   Well, certainly by the end of the year, because we're like Cinderella at midnight.

4. Jacob McAfee:

   It's symbolic that she stopped at a firehouse, you know, our members took care of her and she ended up having kind of a Cinderella story.

5. Chris Kyle widow:

   I wanted to support everyone who made this movie representing real veteran families, but I didn't think I had the energy to show up at the Oscars, let alone be presentable, so, I find myself in a surreal position...like Cinderella who scrubs the floors but has a fairy Godmother (Warner Brothers) who got me on a plane and had a dress and jewelry and even the shoes and spanx waiting for me.