What is another word for child

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. childnoun

   A daughter or son.

   Synonyms:
   offspring, girl, kid, boy, fruit of ones loins

   Antonyms:
   father, mother, parent

2. childnoun

   A person who is below the age of adulthood; a minor .

   Go easy on him: he is but a child.

   Synonyms:
   boy, girl, kid, offspring, fruit of ones loins

   Antonyms:
   adult

3. childnoun

   A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.

   The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.

   Synonyms:
   kid, boy, girl, offspring, fruit of ones loins

4. childnoun

   Synonyms:
   boy, kid, girl, brat, lass, lad, bairn

5. childnoun

   Antonyms:
   parent

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestlingnoun

   a young person of either sex

   «she writes books for children»; «they’re just kids»; «`tiddler’ is a British term for youngster»

   Synonyms:
   chela, kid, nestling, tiddler, pip-squeak, claw, electric razor, nipper, shaver, pincer, kidskin, boor, peasant, barbarian, squirt, churl, tyke, minor, tike, small fry, youngster, electric shaver, baby bird, fry, baby

   Antonyms:
   parent

2. child, kidnoun

   a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

   «they had three children»; «they were able to send their kids to college»

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, fry, youngster, baby, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, kidskin, tike

   Antonyms:
   parent

3. child, babynoun

   an immature childish person

   «he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived»; «stop being a baby!»

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, fry, babe, sister, youngster, baby, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, tike, infant

   Antonyms:
   parent

4. childnoun

   a member of a clan or tribe

   «the children of Israel»

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, fry, youngster, baby, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, tike

   Antonyms:
   parent

Matched Categories

1. • Descendant
   • Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. childnoun

   Synonyms:
   [pl. Children.] infant, babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, bairn, little one

2. childnoun

   Synonyms:
   young person

3. childnoun

   Synonyms:
   offspring, issue, progeny

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. childnoun

   Synonyms:
   progeny, offspring, issue, infant, babe, baby, tot, bairn, brat, bastard (illegitimate), orphan, foundling, waif, cockney (spoilt child), minor

   Associated words:
   pediatrics, prolicide, infanticide, puberty, philoprogenitive, philoprogenitiveness, misopedia, filicide, putti, filial, filiation, affiliation, affiliate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for «child»:

   children, infant, niño, kid, childhood, son, kids, baby, ‘enfant, boy, enfant, infantil, juvenile, infantile, minor, minors, secondary, daughter, enfants, girl, niños

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1. Peggy Orenstein:

   I don’t think any parent wants to limit their children now, and I think all of us know that our kids — boys and girls — need skills in both construction and caretaking to be successful adults, so during the holidays, I’d try to think creatively on a number of fronts: where gender is concerned broadening (your child’s) concept of what it might mean to be female or male where and when you can.

2. Ketanji Brown Jackson:

   I guess my thought is…that there are people who get involved with this kind of activity who may not be pedophiles who may not be necessarily interested really in the child pornography but have other motivations with respect to the use of the technology and the being in the group and, you know, there are lots of reasons why people might engage in this, and so I’m wondering whether you could say that there is a — that there could be a less-serious child pornography offender who is engaging in the type of conduct in the group experience level because their motivation is the challenge, or to use the technology?

3. Daniel Budnitz:

   There is an opportunity here for innovating medication container options that promote adult adherence and provide portability and convenience, while maintaining child safety.

4. Jenny Radesky:

   It’s hard to fake a fever. Fevers are not psychosomatic, when in doubt, call your child’s doctor. They know how to differentiate organic symptoms from psychosomatic reactions.

5. Roslyn Levy:

   We do see parents moving here or buying a second house here, either because they have a child in school here or because they went to school here themselves.

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