child - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a young person of either sex

Synonyms

• child
• fry
• kid
• minor
• nestling
• nipper
• shaver
• small fry
• tiddler
• tike
• tyke
• youngster

More generic

• juvenile
• juvenile person

More specific

• bairn
• bambino
• buster
• changeling
• child prodigy
• foster child
• foster-child
• fosterling
• imp
• infant prodigy
• kiddie
• kiddy
• kindergartener
• kindergartner
• monkey
• orphan
• peanut
• picaninny
• piccaninny
• pickaninny
• poster child
• preschooler
• rapscallion
• rascal
• scalawag
• scallywag
• scamp
• silly
• sprog
• street child
• toddler
• tot
• urchin
• waif
• wonder child
• yearling

Related

• child's body

Noun

a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

Synonyms

• child
• kid

More generic

• issue
• offspring
• progeny

Opposite / Antonyms

• parent

More specific

• army brat
• babe
• baby
• female offspring
• infant
• male offspring
• man-child
• stepchild

Related

• family
• family unit

Noun

an immature childish person

Synonyms

• baby
• child

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

Noun

a member of a clan or tribe

Synonyms

• child

More generic

• descendant
• descendent

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