Antonyms for child
tʃaɪldchild

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. childnoun

   A daughter or son.

   Antonyms:
   father, mother, parent

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

2. childnoun

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

   Go easy on him: he is but a child.

   Antonyms:
   adult

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Descendant
   • Person

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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"

   Antonyms:
   parent

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   parent

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

3. child, babynoun

   an immature childish person

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

   Antonyms:
   parent

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

4. childnoun

   a member of a clan or tribe

   "the children of Israel"

   Antonyms:
   parent

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

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

How to use child in a sentence?

1. Dan Birman:

   The whole possibility that the nation can sentence a child to life imprisonment for a crime when they’re kids -- it goes against the Supreme Court, life in prison is a death sentence for many of these kids.

2. Don Marquis:

   If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity marry, and perpetuate his kind.

3. Anuradha Vidyasankar:

   A missing child is not just missing but actually getting into bigger trouble. The time factor is crucial because in a matter of two days the child can be taken out of the country.

4. Stephanie Dulli:

   I guess I can only try to do what my mother did. No matter how terrified or scared she was, she never let it affect me, i will try to do the same. To explain what happened as clearly as I can, reassure and then show by example that we just have to keep going. I may be terrified to let my child go on the overnight trip, but he will never know that.

5. Kieran Dowd and colleagues:

   If mothers do not currently perceive their child’s weight as problematic, they are less likely to seek or implement any intervention to address this, it is likely then that the child will continue to gain weight throughout childhood, adolescence and into adulthood.

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