Synonyms for child
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Infant
kid informal, youngster, boy, offspring, little one, bairn UK, minor, tyke informal, tot, youth, juvenile, small fry informal, urchin, fry UK, chit, nestling, shaver, youngling, moppet informal, tiddler informal, infant dated, brat slang
2. Son — A figurative offspring A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture…
Other
baby, babby US, babe, progeny, descendant US, descendent UK, kind, issue, scion, binary clone, hybrid, offshoot, fucklet vulgar slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A figurative offspring A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
He is a child of his times.
- n. 2
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
Go easy on him: he is but a child.
Related words
- Word family
- child-great childhood childish childless childlove childlover childproof childraiser
- Phrases
- child's play child molester child safety seat street child child prodigy love child man-child boomerang child
- Is a kind of
- person kid
- Other spellings
- childe
Forms
- Plural
- children → kids, youngsters, boys, bairns…
Example sentences
- boy That boy who is speaking English is taller than I.
- offspring They attempt to instill French in their offspring.
- youngster The youngster resented being treated as a coward.
- kind You can buy and read any kind of book at any time.
- baby Some hospitals hand out free samples of baby milk.
By length
- 3 letters
- son1, boy1, kid1, fry1, tot1
- 4 letters
- kind1, baby2, babe1, brat1, chit1, tyke1
- 5 letters
- issue2, youth1, minor2, scion2, babby, bairn
- 6 letters
- hybrid2, infant2, urchin2, shaver2, moppet
- 7 letters
- product2, progeny3, tiddler, fucklet
- 8 letters
- daughter2, juvenile3, offshoot2, nestling2
- 9 letters
- offspring2, youngster2, youngling
- 10 letters
- descendant3, descendent3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (baby2 = 2 syllables).