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Definitions for Child

[1] a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
[2] a son or daughter: All my children are married.
[3] a baby or infant.
[4] a human fetus.
[5] a childish person: He's such a child about money.
[6] a descendant: a child of an ancient breed.
[7] any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.: Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
[8] a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.: a child of poverty; a child of famine.
[9] British Dialect Archaic . a female infant.
[10] Archaic . childe.
[11] with child , pregnant: She's with child.
[12] Julia, 1912–2004, U.S. gourmet cook, author, and television personality.
[13] Lydia Maria (Francis), 1802–80, U.S. author, abolitionist, and social reformer.
[14] a boy or girl between birth and puberty (as modifier ) child labour
[15] a baby or infant
[16] an unborn baby Related prefix: paedo-
[17] with child another term for pregnant
[18] a human offspring; a son or daughter Related adjective: filial
[19] a childish or immature person
[20] a member of a family or tribe; descendant a child of Israel
[21] a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment a child of nature
[22] Midland English and Western English dialect a female infant

Words related to Child

infant, toddler, adolescent, juvenile, youth, teenager, baby, kid, offspring, minor, youngster, bairn, sprout, suckling, newborn, lamb, progeny, tyke, tot, imp

Words nearby Child

chikee, chil-, chilalgia, chilblain, chilcat, child, child abuse, child benefit, child bride, child custody, child endowment

Origin of Child

before 950; Middle English; Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthai womb

Other words from Child

child·less , adjective
child·less·ness , noun

Word origin for Child

Old English cild; related to Gothic kilthei womb, Sanskrit jathara belly, jartu womb

Synonyms for Child

adolescent, baby, infant, juvenile, kid, minor, offspring, teenager, toddler, youngster, youth, babe, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, innocent, issue, lamb, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, preteen, progeny, shaver, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, tot, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, anklebiter, kiddie, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, pubescent, small fry, teenybopper, young one