Child

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person between birth and puberty.
  • n. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
  • n. An unborn infant; a fetus.
  • n. An infant; a baby.
  • n. One who is childish or immature.
  • n. A son or daughter; an offspring.
  • n. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.
  • n. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
  • n. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century” ( Richard F. Shepard).
  • idiom. with child Pregnant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A daughter or son; an offspring.
  • n. An offspring; one born in, or considered a product of the culture of, a place.
  • n. A member of a tribe, a people or a race of beings; one born into or considered a product of a people.
  • n. A thing or abstraction derived from or caused by something.
  • n. A person who is below the age of adulthood; a minor (person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability).
  • n. A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
  • n. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural.
  • n. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc..
  • n. A noble youth. See Childe.
  • n. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
  • n. A female infant.
  • verb-intransitive. To give birth; to produce young.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A male or female descendant in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; a son or daughter: used in direct reference to the parentage of the person spoken of, without regard to sex.
  • n. A descendant more remote than the first degree; a descendant, however remote: as, the children of Israel.
  • n. plural The inhabitants of a country: as, “the children of Seir,” 2 Chron. xxv. 11.
  • n. Specifically, a very young person; one not old enough to dispense with maternal aid and care. See childhood.
  • n. Figuratively, a childish man or woman; one who resembles a child in lack of knowledge, experience, or judgment.
  • n. In general, anything regarded as the offspring or product of something which is specified; product; result: as, disease is the child of intemperance; children of darkness.
  • n. A girl.
  • n. In old and poetical usage, a noble youth; a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honor of knighthood; a squire: also applied to a knight.
  • n. A person in general.
  • n. More especially, an illegitimate child; one who is actually the child but not the lawful issue of the suggested parent.
  • n. Synonyms plural Offspring, issue, progeny.
  • To produce children; brinig forth offspring.
  • To bring forth as a child.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
  • n. a young person of either sex
  • n. an immature childish person
  • n. a member of a clan or tribe
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody    descendent    descendant   
    Variant
    children    childe   
    Form
    childed    childing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    girl    fruit of one's loins    boy    offspring    kid    bairn    lass    lad    brat   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Wild    Wilde    beguiled    compiled    filed    mild    piled    refiled    restyled    reviled   
    Unknown
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    woman    mother    Life    creature    body    soul    youth    other    boy    pupil