child

noun

ˈchī(-ə)ld How to pronounce child (audio)

plural children ˈchil-drən How to pronounce child (audio)

-dərn

often attributive

: a young person especially between infancy and puberty

a play for both children and adults

: a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a)

Under the law she is still a child.

: a childlike or childish person

He is a child in most business matters.

: a son or daughter of human parents

Do you have any children?

: descendant

the children of Israel

: an unborn or recently born person

… Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry, now pregnant with child.

Laura Simonetti

dialect : a female infant

: one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs

a child of the streets

a child of nature

America has been called "the first child of the Enlightenment"

: product, result

barbed wire … is truly a child of the plains

W. P. Webb

usually childe

ˈchī(-ə)ld How to pronounce child (audio)

, archaic : a youth of noble birth

childless

ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ləs How to pronounce child (audio)

adjective

childlessness noun

Example Sentences

the birth of a child She's pregnant with their first child. a play for both children and adults All of their children are grown now. an elderly couple and their adult children Men are such children sometimes. See More

Recent Examples on the Web When my child goes to school, do their teachers teach this?

Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn child.

CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022 Castro and Landeata had a 1-year-old child together, the San Jose Mercury News reported.

Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Even more dismaying for the Big Guy is the sudden awakening of his only child, Meghan.

Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 The couple married in 1967 and had their only child, Lisa Marie Presley, the following year.

Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022 The Los Angeles program, funded primarily by the city, benefits 3,200 people who have at least one child, as well as an annual income below the federal poverty level.

Kurtis Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Families that earn more than $100,000 a year will also pay less than before, Princeton said, especially if the families have more than one child in college.

Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 But that restriction had only applied to an individual who is married to the victim, lived with the victim or had a child with the victim.

Farnoush Amiri, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 See More

Legal Definition

child

noun

plural children

: a son or daughter of any age and usually including one formally adopted compare issue

Note: The word child as used in a statute or will is often held to include a stepchild, an illegitimate child, a person for whom one stands in loco parentis, or sometimes a more remote descendant, such as a grandchild. In interpreting the word child as used in a will, the court will try to effectuate the intent of the person who made the will as it can be determined from the language of the will.

: a person below an age specified by law : infant, minor

assault on a child under 16 years of age

compare adult

Note: A person who is below the statutory age but is married will usually be considered an adult.

children

noun

plural of child

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children

Synonyms & Similar Words

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kids
youths
teenagers
youngsters
juveniles
adolescents
cubs
babies
chicks
teens
kiddies
kiddos
infants
toddlers
moppets
monkeys
younglings
buds
bairns
bambinos
preschoolers
schoolchildren
sprouts
whelps
sprats
minors
sprat
bambini
chaps
squirts
newborn
kindergartners
schoolkids
tykes
neonates
schoolgirls
schoolboys
tots
kindergarteners
newborns
urchins
nestlings
preteens
weanlings
babes
cherubs
tweens
rug rats
teeners
mischiefs
rascals
lads
hellions
imps
tikes
whippersnappers
bantlings
teenyboppers
nippers
devils
rogues
rapscallions
subteens
tomboys
striplings
shavers
tads
preteen-agers
hoydens
cherubim
jackanapeses
bobby-soxers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

adults
grown-ups
senior citizens
elders
seniors
ancients
oldsters
middle-agers
golden-agers
old-timers

as in infants

a recently born person wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

infants
babies
kids
toddlers
boys
newborn
neonates
girls
newborns
babes
bambinos
bambini
youngsters
kiddies
cherubs
kiddos
youths
tykes
foundlings
moppets
juveniles
sucklings
tots
minors
nurslings
preemies
nippers
younglings
urchins
tikes
cherubim
bantlings
premies
tads
whippersnappers
imps
tomboys
hoydens
squirts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

adults
grown-ups
senior citizens
elders
seniors
oldsters
graybeards
old-timers

as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world

Synonyms & Similar Words

outcomes
consequences
results
products
resultants
effects
fruits
developments
issues
sequels
fates
aftermaths
implications
precipitates
corollaries
sequences
aftereffects
conclusions
outgrowths
upshots
backwashes
matters of course
ramifications
repercussions
echoes
side effects
denouements
dénouements
offshoots
afterclaps
afterglows
byproducts
by-products
fallouts
ripples
aftershocks
spin-offs
echos
blowbacks
side reactions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

reasons
factors
causes
occasions
antecedents
considerations
determinants
mothers
grounds
foundations
bases
bases
causations
incentives
stimuli
sources
roots
origins
springs
inspirations
groundworks
impetuses
instigations

单词	children
释义	child noun ˈchī(-ə)ld plural children ˈchil-drən -dərn often attributive 1 a : a young person especially between infancy and puberty a play for both children and adults b : a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a) Under the law she is still a child. c : a childlike or childish person He is a child in most business matters. 2 a : a son or daughter of human parents Do you have any children? b : descendant the children of Israel 3 a : an unborn or recently born person … Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry, now pregnant with child. Laura Simonetti b dialect : a female infant 4 : one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs a child of the streets a child of nature America has been called "the first child of the Enlightenment" 5 : product, result barbed wire … is truly a child of the plains W. P. Webb 6 usually childe ˈchī(-ə)ld , archaic : a youth of noble birth childless ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ləs adjective childlessness noun Phrases with child : pregnant Synonyms bairn [chiefly Scottish] bambino bud chap [Southern & Midland] chick cub juvenile kid kiddie kiddy kiddo moppet sprat sprout squirt whelp youngling youngster youth See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the birth of a child She's pregnant with their first child. a play for both children and adults All of their children are grown now. an elderly couple and their adult children Men are such children sometimes. See More Recent Examples on the Web When my child goes to school, do their teachers teach this? Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn child. CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022 Castro and Landeata had a 1-year-old child together, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Even more dismaying for the Big Guy is the sudden awakening of his only child, Meghan. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 The couple married in 1967 and had their only child, Lisa Marie Presley, the following year. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022 The Los Angeles program, funded primarily by the city, benefits 3,200 people who have at least one child, as well as an annual income below the federal poverty level. Kurtis Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Families that earn more than $100,000 a year will also pay less than before, Princeton said, especially if the families have more than one child in college. Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 But that restriction had only applied to an individual who is married to the victim, lived with the victim or had a child with the victim. Farnoush Amiri, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Old English cild; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit jaṭhara belly First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a Phrases Containing child battered child syndrome as a child boomerang child child's play child-rearing latchkey child great with child child support flower child man-child poster child only child chrisom child big with child love child child care child benefit with child foster child See More battered child syndrome as a child boomerang child child's play child-rearing latchkey child great with child child support flower child man-child poster child only child chrisom child big with child love child child care child benefit with child foster child See More Kids Definition child noun ˈchīld plural children ˈchil-drən 1 : an unborn or recently born person 2 : a young person of either sex between infancy and youth 3 : a son or daughter of any age My children are grown now. Medical Definition child noun ˈchī(ə)ld plural children ˈchil-drən, -dərn 1 : an unborn or recently born person 2 : a young person especially between infancy and youth Legal Definition child noun plural children 1 : a son or daughter of any age and usually including one formally adopted compare issue Note: The word child as used in a statute or will is often held to include a stepchild, an illegitimate child, a person for whom one stands in loco parentis, or sometimes a more remote descendant, such as a grandchild. In interpreting the word child as used in a will, the court will try to effectuate the intent of the person who made the will as it can be determined from the language of the will. 2 : a person below an age specified by law : infant, minor assault on a child under 16 years of age compare adult Note: A person who is below the statutory age but is married will usually be considered an adult. Biographical Definition Child 1 of 2 biographical name (1) ˈchī(-ə)ld Francis James 1825–1896 American ballad editor Child 2 of 2 biographical name (2) Julia (Carolyn) 1912–2004 née McWilliams American chef children noun plural of child 1 as in kids a young person who is between infancy and adulthood an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance kids youths teenagers youngsters juveniles adolescents cubs babies chicks teens kiddies kiddos infants toddlers moppets monkeys younglings buds bairns bambinos preschoolers schoolchildren sprouts whelps sprats minors sprat bambini chaps squirts newborn kindergartners schoolkids tykes neonates schoolgirls schoolboys tots kindergarteners newborns urchins nestlings preteens weanlings babes cherubs tweens rug rats teeners mischiefs rascals lads hellions imps tikes whippersnappers bantlings teenyboppers nippers devils rogues rapscallions subteens tomboys striplings shavers tads preteen-agers hoydens cherubim jackanapeses bobby-soxers Antonyms & Near Antonyms adults grown-ups senior citizens elders seniors ancients oldsters middle-agers golden-agers old-timers See More 2 as in infants a recently born person wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold Synonyms & Similar Words infants babies kids toddlers boys newborn neonates girls newborns babes bambinos bambini youngsters kiddies cherubs kiddos youths tykes foundlings moppets juveniles sucklings tots minors nurslings preemies nippers younglings urchins tikes cherubim bantlings premies tads whippersnappers imps tomboys hoydens squirts Antonyms & Near Antonyms adults grown-ups senior citizens elders seniors oldsters graybeards old-timers See More 3 as in outcomes a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world Synonyms & Similar Words outcomes consequences results products resultants effects fruits developments issues sequels fates aftermaths implications precipitates corollaries sequences aftereffects conclusions outgrowths upshots backwashes matters of course ramifications repercussions echoes side effects denouements dénouements offshoots afterclaps afterglows byproducts by-products fallouts ripples aftershocks spin-offs echos blowbacks side reactions Antonyms & Near Antonyms reasons factors causes occasions antecedents considerations determinants mothers grounds foundations bases bases causations incentives stimuli sources roots origins springs inspirations groundworks impetuses instigations See More
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