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Noun child has 4 senses
- child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
--1 is a kind of juvenile, juvenile person
--1 has parts: child's body
--1 has particulars: | bairn; buster; changeling; child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child; foster-child, fosterling; imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag; kiddy; orphan; peanut; pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny; poster child; preschooler; silly; sprog; toddler, yearling, tot, bambino; urchin; waif, street child |
- child, kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"
--2 is a kind of offspring, progeny, issue
--2 is a member of family, family unit
Antonyms: parent
--2 has particulars:
- child, baby - an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
--3 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- child - a member of a clan or tribe; "the children of Israel"
--4 is a kind of descendant, descendent
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