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child
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- pronunciation:
- chaIld
- phrases:
- with child
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
children |
| definition 1: |
a young human; baby.
The child held her mother's hand.
- synonyms:
- juvenile, kid, youngster
- antonyms:
- adult, grownup
- similar words:
- baby, boy, girl, infant, junior, lad, lass, offspring, preteen, stripling, toddler, tot, tyke, youth
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| definition 2: |
a son or daughter.
When she died, her money went to her only child, a banker in Chicago.- synonyms:
- offspring
- similar words:
- daughter, descendant, issue, progeny, scion, son
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| definition 3: |
a descendant.
- synonyms:
- descendant, issue, offspring, progeny, scion
- similar words:
- daughter, son
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| definition 4: |
someone who acts in a childish or immature way.
You know you have to face up to your responsibility, so stop being such a child!- synonyms:
- baby
- similar words:
- greenhorn, juvenile
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| definition 5: |
one who is considered to be the natural product of particular times or circumstances.
a child of the revolution- synonyms:
- product
- similar words:
- daughter, offshoot, offspring, son
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| related words: |
bud, dependent, innocent, minor |
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| phrase: |
with child |
| derivations: |
childless (adj.), childlessness (n.) |
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