Synonyms and Antonyms of child
1
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
- an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children
bairn [chiefly Scottish], bambino, bud, chap [Southern & Midland], chick, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, sprat, sprout, squirt, whelp, youngling, youngster, youth
adolescent, minor
kindergartner (also kindergartener), preschooler, rug rat [slang], schoolboy, schoolchild, schoolgirl, schoolkid
babe, baby, bantling, infant, neonate, nestling, newborn, toddler, tot, tyke (also tike), weanling
brat, devil, hellion, imp, jackanapes, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, urchin, whippersnapper
cherub
preteen, preteen-ager, subteen, teen, teenager, teener, teenybopper, tween
lad, nipper, shaver, stripling, tad
bobby-soxer, hoyden, tomboy
2
a recently born person
- wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold
cherub
foundling, nursling, suckling
preemie (also premie)
bantling, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, toddler, tot, tyke (also tike)
boy, nipper, tad
juvenile, minor, youngling, youngster, youth
brat, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper
girl, hoyden, tomboy
3
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
- widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world
aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
