child

/ˈtʃaɪld/ · [ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫd]

Etymology From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit जर्त (jarta), जर्तु (jártu, “vulva”).

Synonyms

61 terms

boy, and Thesaurus:girl, offspring and Thesaurus:son and Thesaurus:daughter, binary clone, progeny, hybrid, descendant, product, son, daughter, bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, minor, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, nipper, slip, small fry, sprog, sproglet, sprout, tart, tot, tyke, youngling, youngster, young'un, youth, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fucklet, fuck trophy, hump dumpling, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, sperm blossom, sperm buttercup, sperm bubbles, bitchling, terence

Antonyms

father, mother, parent, adult, grownup

Derived terms

197 terms

abandoned child syndrome, a burnt child dreads the fire, adult child, antichild, barrel child, battered child syndrome, belchild, biochild, birthchild, black child, boomerang child, boychild, brainchild, butterfly child, call someone everything but a child of God, Chester, child abuse, child abuser, child actor, childbearer, child-bearing, childbearing, child-bed, childbed, child benefit, child birth, child-birth, childbirth, child bride, child-bride, child care, childcare, childcarer, childcaring, child carrier, child car seat, child category, child-centered, child-crowing, child diddler, child-directed speech, child endangerment, child-free, child-fucker, childfucker, child-great, child groom, childhood, childie, childification, child-in-law, childish, childism, childkind, child labor, child labour, child language, childless, child lifter, child-like, childlike, childline, childling, child lock, childlore, childlove, childlover, child-mind, childmind, child minder, childminder, child molestation, child molester, child-nature, child neglect, childness, child node, child of the kitchen, child of the manse, child porn, child pornography, child prodigy, childproof, child prostitution, childraiser, childraising, childrearer, child-rearing, childrearing, child restraint, childsafe, child safety seat, child seat, child sex abuse, child sex crime, child sex tourism, child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse material, childship, child soldier, childspeak, child's play, child support, childtime, child toucher, child-toucher, child trafficking, childwear, choirchild, chomo, chrisom child, cowchild, dog-child, dreamchild, elf-child, feral child, flower child, foster child, get with child, girlchild, glass child, god-child, godchild, golden child, grandchild, grand-child, heavy with child, home child, honey child, honey chile, Indigo child, inner child, innocent as the child unborn, International Day of the Girl Child, iPad child, it is a wise child that knows his own father, it takes a village to raise a child, latch-key child, latchkey child, lovechild, love-child, love child, maid child, maid-child, man child, man-child, manchild, merchild, middle child, minor child, moonchild, name-child, natural child, nonchild, once a man, twice a child, once a woman, twice a child, one-child policy, only child, password child, poster child, pretermitted child, problem child, saleschild, schoolchild, semichild, single child, snowchild, snowflake child, sooner child, spare the rod and spoil the child, spirit child, street child, subchild, superchild, sweet summer child, thalidomide child, the burnt child dreads the fire, the burnt child fears the fire, twichild, two child problem, unborn child, unchild, Velcro child, war child, well-child clinic, whole child, wild child, with child, wolf child, wolf-child, woman child, woman-child, womanchild, wombchild, womb-child, wonderchild, wood-child

Related terms

chield, Child, childe, Childermas, orling, relative, sweetheart, :Category:Children

Hypernyms

person

Hyponyms

29 terms

baby, babe, infant, neonate, newborn, toddler, ankle-biter, preschooler, squirt, rugrat, preteen, tween, tweenie, tweenager, teenager, adolescent, teen, boy, girl, schoolchild, poppet, imp, monkey, scamp, swapling, whippersnapper, urchin, goldensprog, spoiled brat