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child

/tʃaɪld/noun1 syllable

Child means: a young person of either sex.

Synonyms for child27

noun, as in a young person of either sex

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

noun, as in a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

kid

noun, as in an immature childish person

baby

also used for child

descendant, product, son, daughter, boy, and Thesaurus:girl, binary clone, progeny, hybrid, bairn, brat, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder

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Opposites of child

parent

What does child mean?4

noun

1

a young person of either sex“she writes books for children”

2

a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age“they had three children”

3

an immature childish person“he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived”

4

a member of a clan or tribe“the children of Israel”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with child?9

two syllables

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Child in a sentence

  • A child is not a vessel for filling, but a fire to light.Plodder
  • The child, with sleepy eyes, was sitting on the bench.unknown
  • As soon as the child saw his mother, he stopped crying.CK
  • Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.darinmex
  • That child stared at me, his mouth agape.unknown
  • The child worked for him, going on errands.unknown
  • There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.Zifre
  • If you act like a child, you will be treated as such.CK

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Forms of child

as a noun

plural
children