Synonyms for child
tʃaɪldchild

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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How to use child in a sentence?

1. Luis Patino:

   High-risk sex offenders with a current or prior conviction for lewd acts on a child under 14 are still prohibited from living within a half-mile of any K-12 school.

2. Avital Eisenberg:

   My son missed his medication window. Thank God he didn’t have a seizure. He was sitting there in a soaking wet diaper because I couldn’t change him during the whole thing, my daughter is going crazy from all this it was a terrible terrible experience to go through let alone someone with a special needs child.

3. Thomas Andrew Bailey:

   Start a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled.

4. Dave Thomas:

   Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

5. Thomas Homan:

   We have always separated families under two situations, one when we can't establish them as a parent and that child is being trafficked, the second situation when we separate is when we prosecute.