Child

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English

Noun

Child (children or (dialectal) childer or (nonstandard) childs or (humorous or non-standard) childrens)
  1. (formal) A daughter or son.
  2. (formal) A person who is below the age of adulthood; a minor (person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability).
  3. (computing) A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.

Adjectives for Child

healthy; unruly; passionate; undisciplined; self-willed; posthumous; fretful; imitative; melancholy; untutored; docile; migratory; princely; lily-shining; cunning; secretive; unmanageable; victorious; bewitching; sad-looking; riotous; unquenchable; wondrous; slumbering; veritable; eccentric; imaginative; flaxen-haired; delightful; charming; dutiful; cherubic; enchaining; divine; brilliant; bright; rosy; nice; capable; contented; accomplished gifted; intelligent; respectable-looking well-bred; supernatural; fun-loving; eager exemplary; affectionate; studious; lovable responsive; winsome; wistful-eyed; misty-eyed; golden-haired; fair-skinned; well-formed; comely; prepossessing; immaculate; prim; unnatural; normal; typical; average; growing; obedient; meek; humble; tactful; old-fashioned; subdued; repentant; contrite; tractable; tranquil; absorbed; silent; reflective; problem; sensitive; bewildered; shy; shrinking; artistic; emotional; unreasonable; nervous; high-strung; neglected; adorable; confused; sickly; delicate; frail; rickety; ragged; spindling; colorless; nondescript; angular; ugly; brutal; beastly; wretched; impertinent; rebellious; spoiled; spiteful; petted; precocious; audacious; impetuous; head-strong; heartbroken; prostrate; unhappy; miserable; forlorn; terrified; adored; ad¬mired; afflicted; frightened; greedy; wayward; unruly; exasperating; foolish; grown-up; offensive; refractory; obstreperous; monstrous; stubborn; obdurate; burdensome; unwitting; artless; retarded; stolid; annoying; slow-growing; defective; stupid; sturdy; pot-bellied; lean-faced; leggy; plain; thin; big-eyed; sallow; chubby-faced; regretful; toddling; prattling; wailing; screaming; sobbing; play-loving; beauty-loving; staring; frail; convalescing; engrossed; mere; weeping; casual; innocent; puzzled; venturesome; quizzical; adventurous; riotous; finicky; changeling; semantic; cockney; vaudeville; aristocratic; infant; drowsy; rash; loathed; unflinching; defective; culpable; pouting; petulant; conscientious; minor; wanton; dazed; eloquent; sanguine; forward; reticent; gallant; virtuous; vixenish; beaten; delightful; impious; crippled; exceptional; precious; churlish; talented; robust; engrossed; roguish; heaven-obscuring; loyal; turbulent; houseless; nurtured; tender; unborn; adolescent; simple; sole; heaven-born; cherished; complaining; blind; foolish; vagrant; comparative; scampering; weakest; credulous; guileless; merciless; illegitimate; sacred; fractious; proud; vivacious; burnt; pampered; abused; ambidextrous;

Verbs for Child

attend—; awaken—; bear—; befriend—; beget—; bereave—; bring forth—; build¬up—; burden—; chastise—; cherish—; circumcise—; comprehend—; conceive—; correct—; debilitate—; deliver—; develop—; discipline—; disinherit—; dispossess ; educate—; emaciate—; embrace—; encourage—; exhort—; expose—; father— fondle—; forsake—; govern—; harden— inspire—; lull—; lure—; name—; nourish—; nurse—; oppress—; punish— rear—; reassure—; remain—; restrain—; revive—; scold—; sire—; spoil—; teach—; tempt—; train—; trust—; understand—; wean—; whip—; —babbles; —clambers; —clamors; —contracts a disease; —disobeys; —heeds; —moans; —pines; —rebels ; —skips; —sobs; —strays; —struggles; —thrives; —wails; —weeps.

Synonyms for Child

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Thesaurus

kid, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, lout, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mere child, minor, mintage, mite, moppet, neonate, new mintage, newborn, newborn babe, nipper, noble savage, oaf, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, peewee, posterity, product, production, progeniture, progeny, puss, result, rube, runabout, scion, seed, shaver, simple soul, small fry, son, son and heir, sonny, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, stripling, tad, teenager, teener, teenybopper, toddler, tot, unsophisticate, wee tot, work, yokel, young hopeful, young man, youngling, youngster, youth, adolescent, angel, artifact, babe, baby, bairn, boy, brainchild, brat, brood, bud, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, child of nature, chit, coinage, composition, concoction, creation, creature, crowning achievement, darling, daughter, descendant, descendants, dickens, distillation, dove, dupe, effect, end product, essence, extract, foetus, foster child, fruit, girl, grandchild, granddaughter, grandson, handiwork, heiress, hick, infant, ingenue, innocent, invention, issue, juvenile,

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ċild (“child, infant, youth of gentle birth”), from Proto-Germanic *kildiz (“child in the womb, fruit of the womb, child”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(')elt- (“womb”). Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit  (jarta),  (jártu, “vulva”).

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Translations

a female or male child, a daughter or son
person below the age of adulthood
a minor
some object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
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